Jon.21
House Bee
- Joined
- Aug 13, 2021
- Messages
- 140
- Reaction score
- 73
- Location
- Derby, UK
- Hive Type
- 14x12
- Number of Hives
- 4
My mum just sent me this article from the newspaper. I was ignorant of this before I started bee keeping 2 years ago in fact I never really used to like honey as I had only tried the supermarket variety. Now me and my family love it and have really got stuck into trying different varieties - other than my own my favourite is bell heather.
My customers are ignorant of this disingenuous at best if not fraud as well and I’d say 99 percent are repeat buyers and have said they won’t buy supermarket honey anymore as they don’t trust it.
The common feedback is “ I thought legally they would have to declare it on the label - why does the government let this happen ?”
Let’s hope the government does the right thing to ensure the masses know what they are buying to allow them to make an informed decision because at the moment most people are being deceived.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/mar/26/uk-honey-fails-authenticity-test?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5
My customers are ignorant of this disingenuous at best if not fraud as well and I’d say 99 percent are repeat buyers and have said they won’t buy supermarket honey anymore as they don’t trust it.
The common feedback is “ I thought legally they would have to declare it on the label - why does the government let this happen ?”
Let’s hope the government does the right thing to ensure the masses know what they are buying to allow them to make an informed decision because at the moment most people are being deceived.
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/mar/26/uk-honey-fails-authenticity-test?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-5
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