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Short name : SANTE/2015/E3/JRC/SI2.706828
Full name : Coordinated control plan with a view to establishing the prevalence of fraudulent practices in the marketing of honey
Coordinator : Maquet A (EC-JRC-IRMM)
Funding bodies National Food Chain Safety Office
Type : Coordination and support
start and end: 2015 - 2017
Link : http://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/official_controls/food_fraud/honey_en
Country : Europe
Commodity : AP-Honey and royal jelly
Summary : In 2015 the European Commission organised an EU coordinated control plan to assess the prevalence on the market of honey adulterated with sugars and honeys mislabelled with regard to their botanical source or geographical origin. All 28 Member States plus Norway and Switzerland participated in the plan. They collected over 2000 samples of honey at all stages of the supply chain.