Lot Marking
Lexikon
A lot is the totality of sales units produced or bottled under practically identical conditions.
A lot is the totality of sales units produced or bottled under practically identical conditions. The Lot Marking Regulation (Germany) requires that every food item carry such a marking, so that in the event of a complaint the affected batch can be narrowed down. The marking consists of letters, digits or a combination, and begins with a capital L if it does not otherwise clearly differ from the other information on the label.
For beekeepers, the exemption is especially important. If the jar carries an unencoded best-before date with at least day and month, a separate lot marking is not needed. So anyone who prints best before 31.08.2028 does not need a lot number. Anyone who states only the month or only the year, on the other hand, must mark a lot.
The beekeeper sets the lot themselves; a number per extraction run or per bottling day is common. The marking must appear clearly visible, clearly legible and indelible on the package or on a permanently attached label.
Independently of this, food law requires traceability. Anyone supplying resellers should record which batch went where, when and in what quantity.