EU ‘From the Hives’ report, a scientific debacle
The European Commission’s From the Hives report (2023), alleging widespread honey adulteration by non-EU producers, has ignited a firestorm of controversy. This…
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LC-IRMS: validated gold standard for honey authenticity
Honey, a natural sweetener cherished for its nutritional and medicinal properties, is increasingly vulnerable to economically motivated adulteration. Fraudulent practices,…
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GHO’s alert: unauthorised honey ‘enhancers’ trigger new fraud in the EU
The Global Honey Organisation (GHO) has issued an urgent alert regarding the discovery of previously unreported unauthorised chemical substances designed…
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Honey authenticity, DNA testing is still unreliable
Alarming news about the supposed ‘non-authenticity’ of almost all honey sold in Germany, Austria, the UK and Finland have swept…
