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Australia, New Zealand clash over manuka honey label
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.
Australia, NZ clash over manuka honey label
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published : 11 May 2021 at 09:45
15 Australian production of manuka honey could soon be dealt a heavy blow, with a group of New Zealand producers launching proceedings in multiple countries to register the term and claim its exclusive use
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.
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