[Sca-cooks] It's Not US Honey??

[Dan Brewer]

I did not consider our friends from New Zealand or Australia.  The purity
laws in most country's that have an English back ground and in the EU
require that processed honey states that it is processed.  And that it
states the country of origin.  I am referencing a story that I read on line
that traced a shipment of honey to the US that made its way through five
separate ports and countries to confuse the point of origin.  The honey was
finally repackaged in Canada and sold as a Canadian product.  The analyst
of the product showed that it was about 50% corn syrup
.  The problem for consumers is that the US has no standards for honey.
And only about 15% of the imported product is required to be inspected.
Buy local .  Support your local bee keeper.

Dan in Auburn


On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Glenn Adrian <gadrian at clear.net.nz> wrote:

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> Behalf Of Dan Brewer
> Sent: Friday, 11 November 2011 9:33 a.m.
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> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] It's Not US Honey??
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> So if you want a better quality honey buy from a local aviary and look to
> see if the country of origin is the US.
> Honey from Canada is considered safe but all other countries are considered
> suspect.
>
> Dan in Auburn
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>
> I assume there are quarantine concerns with varroa bee mite amongst other
> things.  So while New Zealand has great quality and unique honeys, it
> abandoned the last internal quarantine line years ago.  No problem with the
> honey, but the extra cost to try and protect the bees ....  And still they
> have decided that it's inevitable that hives in all areas are going to be
> infected.  So boarder protection is essential.
>
> Glenn
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