[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 7, Volume 10]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 7CFR1434.5]

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                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
  CHAPTER XIV--COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 1434_NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOAN AND LDP REGULATIONS FOR 
 
Sec.  1434.5  Eligible honey.

    To be eligible for a loan, the honey must:
    (a) Have been produced by an eligible producer;
    (b) Have been produced in the United States during the calendar year 
for which a loan is requested and extracted on or before December 31 of 
such calendar year;
    (c) Be of merchantable quality deemed by CCC to be suitable for 
loan; that is, the honey:
    (1) Is not adulterated;
    (2) Has not been scorched, burned, or subjected to excessive heat 
resulting in

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objectionable flavor, color deterioration or carmelization;
    (3) Does not contain any ineligible honey floral sources; such as 
andromeda, bitterweed, broomweed, cajeput (melaleuca), carrot, 
chinquapin, dog fennel, desert hollyhock, gumweed, mescal, onion, 
prickly pear, prune, queen's delight, rabbit brush, snowbrush 
(ceanothus), snow-on-the-mountain, spurge (leafy spurge), tarweed, and 
similar objectionably-flavored honey or blends of honey as determined by 
the Director, Price Support Division, FSA. If any blends of honey 
contain such ineligible honey, the lot as a whole shall be considered 
ineligible for loan;
    (4) Does not contain excessive bees or bee parts, paint chips, wood 
chips, or other foreign matter; and
    (5) Is not fermenting; and
    (d) Be stored in acceptable containers.