The EU Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of measures to make the origin of honey easier to recognize in future.
The majority of MEPs, 603, voted in favour of the proposal in Brussels, nine voted against and 10 abstained, the parliament said on Wednesday evening.
Parliamentary negotiators and their counterparts from the EU member states had already agreed in principle on the new rules at the end of January. The new rules must now be formally adopted by EU countries before they can come into force.
There will also be new rules for fruit products including juices and jams. In future, juices may be labelled as "reduced sugar" if at least 30% of the naturally occurring sugar has been removed. However, no sweeteners may be used.
In future, at least 450 grams of fruit must be used to make one kilogram of jam.
In the case of honey blends, until now only blends had to be labelled as to whether or not they came from the EU. In future, the proportion of honey from each country will also have to be listed. The law also aims to prevent fake honey being mixed with the genuine product.
Some exceptions will be allowed.
As the EU member states announced following the provisional agreement in January, individual countries can decide that only the four largest proportions need to be labelled.
There is also an exception for packages of less than 30 grams. Here, the names of the countries of origin could also be abbreviated using a code.
Following the agreement in January, the European Commission announced that the new rules would authorize it to introduce analytical methods that can detect honey laced with sugar.
A standardized method is also to be introduced to identify the origin of honey. In principle, this is possible by analysing pollen.
The commission said the measures should make it possible to curb fraud.