Britain's Food Standards Agency has issued a nationwide
warning about misleading and illegal claims on the labels of New Zealand honey,
after tests revealed many manuka honey products have none of the claimed active
properties, Radio New Zealand reported on Sunday.
Some of the companies selling mislabelled honey are New
Zealand producers and some are foreign. But even the most reputable New Zealand
honey producers now face heightened surveillance in Britain.
The honey industry is estimated to be worth 120 million NZ
dollars (96 million US dollars) a year in New Zealand.
But tests by reputable British, Chinese and Singaporean
laboratories reveal many manuka honey products have none of the claimed active
properties - some of the honey is not even manuka - prompting industry leaders
to demand a crackdown on "potentially huge fraud".
The New Zealand Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association,
which represents New Zealand manuka honey processing companies, said it is well
known that New Zealand sells more manuka honey than it produces, but the
industry has failed to deal with that…
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