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Title : Rampant Honey Fraud Spawns Creation of New Certification Program
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Source : PRNewswire
Year : 2019
Link : https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/rampant-honey-fraud-spawns-creation-of-new-certification-program-300908908.html
Country : United States of America
Commodity: AP-Honey and royal jelly
Abstract: Confusion among honey consumers in Canada and the United States reached its peak over the last few weeks when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a lawsuit filed in Kansas alleged that the honey industry in both countries is rife with fraud. For over 10 years, Mitchell Weinberg, founder of the food fraud investigation firm INSCATECH®, has been speaking about the pervasiveness of food fraud. In responding to the recent news about honey fraud, Weinberg stated: "Finally, consumers are being made aware of the fact that they are being grossly misled about the authenticity of the food they consume.