Wednesday 12 January 2011

Honey laundering: The sour side of nature’s golden sweetener - The Globe and Mail

Honey laundering: The sour side of nature’s golden sweetener - The Globe and Mail:

"None of this is on the label. Rarely will a jar of honey say “Made in China.” Instead, Chinese honey sold in North America is more likely to be stamped as Indonesian, Malaysian or Taiwanese, due to a growing multimillion dollar laundering system designed to keep the endless supply of cheap and often contaminated Chinese honey moving into the U.S., where tariffs have been implemented to staunch the flow and protect its own struggling industry.

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