SECTIONS 29501-29504 - California Statutes

FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CODE

SECTION 29501-29504

29501. The standard units of net weight of honey in containers are
as established by this article.

29502. Containers which hold the following units of weight of honey
are standard containers:

60 pounds 2 pounds
12 pounds 1 1/2 pounds
10 pounds 1 pound
6 pounds 12 ounces avoirdupois
5 pounds 8 ounces avoirdupois
3 pounds 5 ounces avoirdupois
2 1/2 pounds

29503. When honey is prepared for, and is shipped directly to, any
foreign country, the containers of honey shall not be required to
meet the unit of net weight standards required by the provisions of
this article.
Any person preparing or shipping such honey shall, upon request of
an enforcing officer, furnish such affidavits, receipts, or other
evidence as may be required by the director, by regulations, as proof
that such honey was, or is being, in fact prepared for, and shipped
directly to, a foreign country.

29504. The director may promulgate regulations to permit the
preparation, packing, shipment, or sale of honey in an experimental
type of container which does not conform to the standards prescribed
in this article. These regulations shall include container labeling
standards which comply with the requirements of this chapter.