Erichalfbee: It does indeed.
A real and very serious "Cat and Mouse" scenario being played by the suppliers, dealers, packers against the testing labs.
Once within the EU the pseudo-honey has a passport to be moved and sold without a problem.
Readers might also be interested to learn that honey packed in one EU country is NOT allowed to be tested in the receiving country.
Of course as the majority of members of this forum are not professional beekeepers, the imported item does not affect them. But, in small economies, for example Cyprus or Malta, it only takes a couple of container loads to severly depress prices.
Imported honey being sold here in Cyprus at €3,20 a kilo, includesVAT.