Small food producers like us are continually beating the drums for local, organic produce and something as commonplace as honey is no exception. There was an article published recently on Foodsafetynews.com about the differences and downfalls of buying mass produced honey. We're talking about the stuff that comes with your biscuits at KFC, or in the little plastic bears on the shelf at your local supermarket.
Apparently, much of the honey that is used in our store-bought baked goods and in the plastic bears and beehives comes from China. There are many regulations the FDA imposes on imported honey but the pollen leftover in the honey is the only way to tell where it comes from in case it is in violation of food quality and safety standards. This mass production imported honey is laden with banned antibiotics and additives. Due to the lack of pollen in the honey, testers are unable to determine the exact origin of the product. In addition to circumventing US food safety standards, it has been found that barrels of honey coming from China have actually been shipped to countries that pay lower tariffs on exports to the US in order to keep the costs down and further mask the origen of the product.
While this situation probably isn't going to change any time soon we can do our part in not supporting these nefarious activities buy buying local products if at all possible. Besides, local small scale produced honey is better by immeasurable proportions.
Click here to read the entire article.
Apparently, much of the honey that is used in our store-bought baked goods and in the plastic bears and beehives comes from China. There are many regulations the FDA imposes on imported honey but the pollen leftover in the honey is the only way to tell where it comes from in case it is in violation of food quality and safety standards. This mass production imported honey is laden with banned antibiotics and additives. Due to the lack of pollen in the honey, testers are unable to determine the exact origin of the product. In addition to circumventing US food safety standards, it has been found that barrels of honey coming from China have actually been shipped to countries that pay lower tariffs on exports to the US in order to keep the costs down and further mask the origen of the product.
While this situation probably isn't going to change any time soon we can do our part in not supporting these nefarious activities buy buying local products if at all possible. Besides, local small scale produced honey is better by immeasurable proportions.
Click here to read the entire article.
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