ALlen Dick wrote: ""If this keeps you up nights, think about this: The coming of HACCP regulations are going to be a real problem. I don't know what they will eventually turn out to be, but at the outset there were some who proposed that all the honey from *each yard* (each hive?) be kept separate and form a *separate batch* and that the extracting line and tanks should be washed between such batches." Are extractors supposed to be washed between batches? I always keep a layer of honey in mine for several months during the extracting season thwn at the end of season I wash it out to prevent granularization. Paul Cronshaw, D.C. Cyberchiro and Hobbyist Beekeeper Santa Barbara, CA USA