BILL NUMBER: AB 1216	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Evans

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 29413 of the Food and Agricultural Code,
relating to honey.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1216, as introduced, Evans. Honey.
   Existing law defines "honey" for purposes of those provisions of
law that regulate the content, labeling, and container standards of
honey.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
definition.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 29413 of the Food and Agricultural Code is
amended to read:
   29413.  "Honey" means the nectar of floral exudations of plants
gathered and stored in the comb by honeybees.  It 
 Honey  is a levorotatory, contains not more than 20 percent
of water, not more than 25 one hundredths of 1 percent of ash, not
more than 8 percent of sucrose, its specific gravity is not less than
1.412, its weight not less than 11 pounds, 12 ounces per standard
gallon of 231 cubic inches at 68 degrees Fahrenheit.