Oklahoma § 78-82 - Substitutes and mixtures not to be labeled as honey
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 78-82 — Substitutes and mixtures not to be labeled as honey, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 78-82. Substitutes and mixtures not to be labeled as honey
(a) No person shall sell, keep for sale, expose or offer for
sale, any article or product in imitation or semblance of honey
branded as "honey", "liquid or extracted honey", "strained honey" or
"pure honey" which is not pure honey.
(b) No person, firm, association, company or corporation shall
manufacture, sell, expose or offer for sale, any compound or mixture
branded or labeled as and for honey which shall be made up of honey
mixed with any other substance or ingredient.
(c) Whenever honey is mixed with any other substance or
ingredient and the commodity is to be marketed, there shall be
printed on the package containing such compound or mixture a
statement giving the ingredients of which it is made; if honey is
one of such ingredients it shall be so stated in the same size type
as are the other ingredients, but it shall not be sold, exposed for
sale, or offered for sale as honey; nor shall such compound or
mixture be branded or labeled with the word "honey" in any form
other than as herein provided; nor shall any product in semblance of
honey, whether a mixture or not, be sold, exposed or offered for
sale as honey, or branded or labeled with the word "honey", unless
such article is pure honey.
Laws 1975, c. 68, § 2.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Oklahoma Statutes § 78-82 cover?
Section 78-82 ("Substitutes and mixtures not to be labeled as honey") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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