Work is continuing to determine what guidelines should be
used to define manuka honey so it can be true to label.
Last month, the Ministry for Primary Industries produced a
discussion document asking the industry and scientists to help it come up with
guidelines for the whole industry.
It had received 71 submissions from individuals and
representatives from the New Zealand honey industry by September 30 when
submissions closed.
Earlier this month, it met manuka honey scientists to
discuss the available scientific evidence and has commissioned an independent
review of the literature.
The ministry expected to publish an analysis of the
submissions and a draft interim labelling guideline by about the end of
October.
But it has now said it might need to commission further
research to be able to finalise a suitably robust science-based definition.
There is no international standard specifically for manuka
honey and the New Zealand honey industry has been unable to agree on a standard
despite decades of discussion…
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