Toxic "honey" on US market
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The sad thing is that its probably on our supermarket shelves to.
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This seems silly to me... honey isn't really popular here, doesn't bring a premium price and we have a huge honey industry that more then fills the market needs... The only country I have seen honey come from other then right here in the US is Brazil, and that is because they can produce organic honey and get the USDA to certify it as such.
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i knew this would have something to do with chinese honey before i read it, they sell it buy the drum load on ali baba
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u.S. honey consumption is 576 grams per person per year (slightly higher than the UK) and 54% of all honey consumed in the U.S. is imported.
Germans consume ~1kg
source Apinews.com
Germans consume ~1kg
source Apinews.com
I go through a pound jar in two weeks, surveys like this can only consider purchased honey.
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They are including manufacture of honey BBQ sauce and honey nut cherrios as well as cosmetics in these numbers...
Also the articles states that while import made up 252 million pounds, US bee keepers were sitting on 45.3 million pounds that went unsold.
Keep in mind that 576 grams is a minuscule amount per year, Like stated above, I also eat more than that in a week.
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