Honey Risk Profile

This risk profile on imported honey was produced by Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) at the request of Defra UK Office for Sanitary and Phytosanitary Trade Assurance (UK Office). The risk profile will be used by UK Office to inform of the potential public health risks associated with honey imported into GB and to assist in the assessment of market access requests.

This risk profile is not a risk assessment and therefore does not assess the public health risks of honey. The risk profile identifies and characterises the main hazards that may be present in imported honey, at the point(s) at which the commodity enters the food chain. It describes the nature and the evidence informing on levels of hazard in the commodity, the potential human health effects of the hazards, as well as key mitigations, regulations and controls, data gaps and uncertainties.