EU honey probe reveals almost half of import samples contain impurities

Better analytical capabilities should be implemented to reduce the incidence of adulterated honey imported into the European Union (EU), industry observers claim, after a testing programme revealed almost half of the samples were fraudulently labelled.

By Sarah Gibbons

Better analytical capabilities should be implemented to reduce the incidence of adulterated honey imported into the European Union (EU), industry observers claim, after a testing programme revealed almost half of the samples were fraudulently labelled.