Some 'Irish' Honey Not the Real Thing

The Irish Times, 6/1/2006

Consumers who thought they were buying locally produced honey are likely to be left with a bitter taste in their mouths on foot of a Food Safety Authority of Ireland honey investigation, writes Seán MacConnell, Agriculture Correspondent.

It has discovered that a quarter of randomly selected Irish honeys sourced from manufacturers and shops around the country were not Irish at all and bore misleading labels of origin.

Instead of buying Irish, the consumers were eating Spanish, South American, eastern European and even Chinese produced honey…