True Source Honey Updates Certification Standards In 2021
True Source Certified® Honey Now Requires Specific Authenticity Testing
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The non-profit True Source Honey Certification® program (www.TrueSourceHoney.com) enhanced its standards starting Jan. 1, 2021 to require two honey authenticity tests.
The updated standards note that True Source Certified Honey whether imported to North America or purchased directly from North American beekeepers is tested for authenticity by an accredited laboratory at some point in the supply chain using either EA/LC-IRMS and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) profiling or EA/LC-IRMS and High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS) analysis. This is in addition to the long-established pollen analysis requirements for shipments of honey from countries identified as high-risk.