EU honey import regulations change

[JamezF]

I somehow seem to have missed this up until now.

https://unn.ua/en/news/eu-tightens-control-over-honey-imports-from-november-2024

Who is the "competent authority" in the UK, I wonder? And how will it be policed? It seems like there's a reasonable possibility of it making no difference whatsoever, but let's say that it is significantly effective. What happens then? Will honey prices rise significantly in the EU due to lack of of "real" honey to replace the fakes? And will lots of the fake stuff get dumped elsewhere?

James

 

[Erichalfbee]

I somehow seem to have missed this up until now.

https://unn.ua/en/news/eu-tightens-control-over-honey-imports-from-november-2024

Who is the "competent authority" in the UK, I wonder? And how will it be policed? It seems like there's a reasonable possibility of it making no difference whatsoever, but let's say that it is significantly effective. What happens then? Will honey prices rise significantly in the EU due to lack of of "real" honey to replace the fakes? And will lots of the fake stuff get dumped elsewhere?

James

It’s probably fairly easy to become competent on paper

 

[JamezF]

It’s probably fairly easy to become competent on paper

Quite. But perhaps easy to lose the EU's "competent" accreditation if it turns out suppliers from your country have been exporting fake honey.

James

 

[Mint Bee]

The obvious 'competent authority' for this here is the food standards agency.
this is from their web site in 2023
https://www.food.gov.uk/research/honey-the-context

I suspect with cutbacks the different departments will be fighting to off load the responsibility to each other

 

[pargyle]

I somehow seem to have missed this up until now.

https://unn.ua/en/news/eu-tightens-control-over-honey-imports-from-november-2024

Who is the "competent authority" in the UK, I wonder? And how will it be policed? It seems like there's a reasonable possibility of it making no difference whatsoever, but let's say that it is significantly effective. What happens then? Will honey prices rise significantly in the EU due to lack of of "real" honey to replace the fakes? And will lots of the fake stuff get dumped elsewhere?

James

You have also missed the notice that Argyle Enterprises are the sole appointed UK competent authority ... just send me a £50 note in a brown envelope and by return they will send you a certificate of legitimacy that certifies that your bees are British born and bred and that any honey they produce is the product of their sole endeavour and no foreign bees were allowed to participate in the production.

 

[Penninetrader]

I somehow seem to have missed this up until now.

https://unn.ua/en/news/eu-tightens-control-over-honey-imports-from-november-2024

Who is the "competent authority" in the UK, I wonder? And how will it be policed? It seems like there's a reasonable possibility of it making no difference whatsoever, but let's say that it is significantly effective. What happens then? Will honey prices rise significantly in the EU due to lack of of "real" honey to replace the fakes? And will lots of the fake stuff get dumped elsewhere?

James

89p jars of honey at Lidl, a blend of EU sourced honey. My neighbours wife consumes it in quite large quantity, he laughs at it actually being honey but says nothing to her. I benefit as he delabels the jars and washes them before handing over to me. I currently have quite a few and have used for my personal use, they store quite well and after all free is free.Hopefully the new home if refused entry to the EU will not be the UK.

 

[Macbear]

So, will visitors from the EU who may have either consumed or half-inched honey products without the knowledge of their hosts be required to surrender said honey at the point of entry? If the hosts were unaware they could hardly be described as "competent". Not a pleasant prospect!