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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 12368" data-attributes="member: 13">When I started in beekeeping there was no RMP, and in fact no nothing..Best I remember the industry was entirely unregulated far as honey processing went. The extracting and packing room had to be set up according to the general food hygiene requirements of the day, but there was nothing specific just for beekeepers.Nobody died.I don't have an RMP, as a very small beekeeper it is entirely uneconomic, I outsource my extracting, packing, and storage to someone who has all that in place. They charge me plenty for the privilege but in my situation it's still less cost and drama than doing it myself.But one thing bugs me, I see beekeepers with RMP's storing drums outside, a common practice. How could any way I could store them possibly be any worse than that? The law can be an ass.Also, as I understand but correct me if I'm wrong, I'm supposed to have an RMP even just to store honey after it has been packed into jars which are in sealed cartons ready for sale? If the supermarket storage area does not have an RMP, why should I have to?</blockquote>

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