Every jar of honey a small UK producer wants to sell has to clear a short sequence of real, unavoidable checkpoints before it can legally reach a shelf. This simulation turns that sequence into a physical conveyor line: jars roll off the production line and pass under three boom-gate checkpoints — food business registration, label compliance, and an optional certification stamp — before stacking up on the market shelf.
In the UK, selling honey without registering as a food business, or without the mandatory allergen and provenance information on the label, is a food-law offence regardless of how small the operation is — even a single hive sold at a garden gate counts as trading.
Honey jars roll along a 3D conveyor line and pass under boom-gate checkpoints for food business registration and label compliance, then through a certification scan arch, before stacking up on the market shelf — or getting shunted into the reject crate.
Registration and labelling are legal gates that stop every jar if switched off, while certification schemes are voluntary badges layered on top that never block a sale — a distinction the article draws out in plain terms.
Toggle registration and labelling on or off to watch jars queue up and get rejected at that gate. Pick a certification scheme to see its badge appear on jars reaching the shelf, and adjust production rate to change line throughput.
UK food law treats even a single jar sold at a garden gate or farmers' market as "trading" — meaning registration and labelling rules apply from the very first sale, not just once a business scales up.