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Australia's biggest listed honey company and some of the country's largest supermarket chains are facing accusations of selling fake honey, according to tests. A report led by leading international scientific lab that specialises in honey fraud, found that almost half the samples selected from supermarket shelves was "adulterated", meaning it had been mixed with other substances. The ABC reported that the adulterated samples were all products that blend local and imported honey. Capilano's Allowrie branded Mixed Blossom Honey, which sources honey from Australia and overseas, and markets itself as 100 per cent honey, showed up as "adulterated" in the majority of samples tested, the publication reported. However, it strongly denied any issues with its products and criticised the type of test - known as Nuclear Magnetic Resolution - used to detect the impurities, pointing out it differed from the official Australian test. |
