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Beekeeper Sven Stephan explaining about manuka honey in the New South Wales town of Somersby. AFP pic
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MAY 16 Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the “manuka” label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar.
Manuka honey takes its name from the Maori term for Leptospermum scoparium, the flowering shrub whose nectar forms its essence, which is found in both Australia and New Zealand.
Britain embroiled in bitter international legal battle over who can produce manuka honey
New Zealand has applied to trademark the manuka honey name, leading to fears the already expensive superfood could increase in price
15 May 2021 • 6:00pm
Manuka hives at Tregothnan: The British honey manufacturer Rowse has instructed lawyers to fight an application by the New Zealand Manuka Honey Appellation Society to trademark the ‘manuka honey’ name
Britain has become embroiled in a bitter international legal battle over who is entitled to produce manuka honey, The Telegraph can reveal.
The British honey manufacturer Rowse has instructed lawyers to fight an application by the New Zealand Manuka Honey Appellation Society to trademark both the “manuka honey” name as well as what actually constitutes the costly superfood.
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Hive of conflict
By AFP Published: May 11, 2021 06:13 PM Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the manuka label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestigious product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar.
Beekeeper Sven Stephan processes honeycombs at an apiary in the New South Wales town of Somersby, Australia, on April 20. Photos: AFPManuka honey takes its name from the Maori term for Leptospermum scoparium, the flowering shrub whose nectar forms its essence, which is found in both Australia and New Zealand. But Australian production could soon be dealt a heavy blow, with a group of New Zealand producers launching proceedings in multiple countries to register the term manuka and claim its exclusive use.
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Australian producers deny there is a difference in the quality of their honey. (File photo: AFP/Gregory PLESSE)
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SOMERSBY, Australia: Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the manuka label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar.
Manuka honey takes its name from the Maori term for Leptospermum scoparium, the flowering shrub whose nectar forms its essence, which is found in both Australia and New Zealand.