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We would like to share our good news for 2008. We are very proud to announce that in December of 2007 we became the first honey producer in the UK to be granted full EFSIS accreditation (European Food Safety Inspection Standard).

We have been working towards this goal for over a year. In the 21^st century we believe that it’s vital to not only produce food of an exceptionally high quality but to also be able to prove that it is so. EFSIS accreditation allows us to do just that. By allowing an on going program of both annual and random outside auditing and inspection, which covers everything from our haulage contractors, the suppliers of our jars and labels to the quality of our honey and the way it’s handled all through it’s processing. The hygiene, procedures in our buildings, staff training and recruitment, maintenance of machinery and of course the traceability of our product from hive to the shop shelf are now all monitored by EFSIS.

So if the ultimate in quality and proven provenance is of importance to your business then Littleover Apiaries guarantee we are going to continue to set the bench mark as the premier honey producer with the highest quality standards in the UK.

Also during 2007 we achieved “Organic” status for some of our products, again another first in the UK honey industry. These achievements are the culmination of an investment program both in training and machinery going back over the last three years. We have installed state of the art automated handling and processing machinery and now have two fully automated and digitally controlled filling lines. All of our staff are trained to at least intermediary standard in food hygiene and also are trained in the principles of HCCP. We want our staff to be able to make a positive contribution to the quality and safety of our products and to the future of Littleover Apiaries Ltd. but also we believe that by investing in their development their confidence and our business gains immensely too.

Coming on stream in 2008 will be our range of continental honeys. We will for the first time, also be producing a range of honeys specifically for the catering market e.g. for the use as an ingredient, glazing or curing purposes. We will be packing in a range of catering sizes 3kg, 7kg, 15kg, 25kg, 300kg or 2,000ltr tankers. Our other products will be available in these sizes also.

Littleover Apiaries are jointly owned and run by Tony and Jan Spacey who have over many years carefully selected and now keep a pedigree strain of bees called the Buckfast / Cecropia. They are a calm, easy to handle and work with, but form prolific colonies ideally suited to the English conditions. Our hives are carefully moved around the counties of the East Midlands, Cambridgeshire and Yorkshire. This is to ensure the health and welfare of our bees, and also to make sure that the bees are in ideal positions to gather their harvest of pollens and nectar. At all times the health and welfare of our charges is of paramount importance. This is reflected in the quality and variety of our honeys and hive products.

In 2004 we were appointed “accredited suppliers” to the “Guild of Fine Food Retailers” in recognition of the exceptional quality of our honey and hive products. We were also granted the “Peak District Environmental Quality Mark”, in recognition of the way we farm and benefit the environment of the Peak District National Park.

In 2005 we entered the “Great Taste awards” for the first time. The Great taste awards are the most prestigious gourmet food awards in the UK, possibly the world. Organised by the Guild of fine Food Retailers, the awards have carved a reputation over the last decade as the acknowledged premier accreditation for all speciality food and drink. We are proud to announce that we entered both categories for Honey and “Have won Two Gold, One Silver and Two Bronze Medals.” In 2006 we were awarded the Taste Of Lincolnshire Mark and in the Great Taste Awards we have won a further four awards, bringing our total to eight Gold, Silver & Bronze awards.

All of our honey and hive products are produced by our own bees in our own hives solely in the East Midlands, where we crop in the continental way, throughout the summer, rather than follow the usual practice of taking the crop only once or twice per year, which would then require heating and blending the honey before bottling.

We specialise in single flower crop honeys and as a result all of our honey is cold extracted and filtered without additional heat. This is to protect and keep intact the natural enzymes and proteins, which make honey such a natural super food and to guarantee the honey reaches the consumer in the best possible condition. After which all processing and bottling is carried out in the traditional manner on our own premises. We do not use any additives, preservatives, blending or pasteurisation of any kind on any of our honeys. All of this is to ensure that our honey and hive products reach you in the time honoured way, which is “the way the bees intended”. Should there be any granulation visible then this is the very best of guarantees and shows the quality of the honey, (all good quality honey should granulate eventually). Should you prefer your honey clear and liquid; then just stand your jar in a warm place and it will return to its liquid form.

We produce up to sixteen types of single flower crop honey and various other honey and wax products:

	Our unique Active English Honey
	Various clear honeys
	Various set honeys
	Heather honey “from the Derbyshire moors”
	Cut honey comb
	Honey with honeycomb
	Honey with walnuts
	Honey with pecans
	Honey with almonds
	Honey with ginger
	Pure bees wax candles and bees wax

*Active honey is now widely known around the world as a natural antibacterial and super food for promotion of good health and wellbeing. Active honey helps strengthens the cardiac system and aids digestion.

LITTLEOVER APIARY IS ENGLAND'S ONLY PRODUCER OF PURE “ACTIVE ENGLISH HONEY”

Tel: 01332 331548 or Email: enquiries@littleoverapiaries.com

Littleover Apiaries & Active English are Registered Trade Marks of Littleover Apiaries Ltd

Littleover Apiaries Ltd Unit 16 Robinsons Industrial Estate Shaftesbury Street Derby DE23 8NL VAT Number: 85262028