The SA Bee Industry Organisation had a workshop last Thursday (on World Bee Day) to unpack the growing problem of honey adulteration and its threat to biodiversity, reports The Daily Maverick.
They hope to send a message for consumers, regulators, and retailers to vote with their wallets and stem the rising tide of fake honey.
Out of all these high-demand food products, honey fraud has particularly increased and evolved because it is a more complex product that makes testing its authenticity rather expensive.
Honey is defined by the Codex Alimentarius (1981), which is a collection of internationally accepted standards of practice to protect consumer health and ensure fair practices in the food trade, as follows:
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Taxscan Team - On December 12, 2020 10:54 am
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