Honey, Canada No.1, really Chinese

[notthemama]

I'm going to call out Billy Bee honey but I'm sure other brands are doing the same thing.
The front label proclaims Canada's favorite, Canada No.1 grade etc.
There is some Canadian honey but it will have been blended with honey from other sources, often Chinese.
This when there is a surplus of Canadian honey. Many growers are having a difficult time selling their honey here.
The IRONYis China is a major buyer of our honey because their consumers don't trust the quality of their own product.:Eek:
Next time you're putting honey on your toast or what ever give that a thought.
Contrary to what the front label maybe hinting, Proudly Canadian etc:canada:, check the back label for the honey's source.:Eek:
For your own benefit and that of Canadian bee keepers read the label.

 

[IM469]

Hmm-mm so even the Chinese bees work cheaper than ours ?

 

[Indiana]

I like Chinese honey.

 

[good to go]

I like Chinese honey.

Do you mean Asian Honey. Lol

 

[Galseigin]

This was a big story in 2011 when they found that the Chinese were watering down their honey and boiling it. Other countries were "laundering Chinese honey" and re-branding it as Indonesian etc

http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/#.VwbyA9QrK70

 

[oil&gas]

We will be happy to import everything else from China
even if all its food exports are toxic. Any chance that
Tesla's Model-3 is to be made in China?

 

[whitewaterguy]

Simply take a drive to one of many rural ontario apiaries, and stock up on the real deal. What are you thinking, buying honey at a grocery store??? Support ontario producers dude.

http://www.ontariobee.com/sales-and-services/where-to-buy-honey-products

And btw.."many growers..." Ya don't GROW honey, urban dude!

 

[saxon]

Who cares. Honey, yuck!

 

[bigshot]

Simply take a drive to one of many rural ontario apiaries, and stock up on the real deal. What are you thinking, buying honey at a grocery store??? Support ontario producers dude.

http://www.ontariobee.com/sales-and-services/where-to-buy-honey-products

And btw.."many growers..." Ya don't GROW honey, urban dude!

When I purchase honey, it is always from a local apiary. The mass market stuff like Billy Bee does not measure up. Even more importent to me is that it not be from China. Having been involved for many years in food production, it scares the hell out of me when I hear about what the Chinese do to food products, like putting melamine into milk, and rat poison that is used in bakery products. Just as with the misrepresentation of the source of your honey, biscuits that are baked in the U.S. can be labelled as a product of the USA, even though that flour came from China. And yes, Chinese flour has been shown to contain warfarin (rat poison).

I can't remember where I heard it, but it is my understanding that as long as the Queen Bee has come from Canada, the honey can be labelled as "proudly Canadian", even thought it comes from a Chinese apiary.

If you've seen some of the news reports about shrimp and seafood that comes out of China, you'd stay far away from this stuff...

 

[whitewaterguy]

When I purchase honey, it is always from a local apiary. The mass market stuff like Billy Bee does not measure up. Even more importent to me is that it not be from China. Having been involved for many years in food production, it scares the hell out of me when I hear about what the Chinese do to food products, like putting melamine into milk, and rat poison that is used in bakery products. Just as with the misrepresentation of the source of your honey, biscuits that are baked in the U.S. can be labelled as a product of the USA, even though that flour came from China. And yes, Chinese flour has been shown to contain warfarin (rat poison).

I can't remember where I heard it, but it is my understanding that as long as the Queen Bee has come from Canada, the honey can be labelled as "proudly Canadian", even thought it comes from a Chinese apiary.

If you've seen some of the news reports about shrimp and seafood that comes out of China, you'd stay far away from this stuff...

Same reason I don't buy fruit nor veggies from Mexico. As tempting as those raspberries and strawberries appear, the irrigation systems/ditches they use to transfer so called water to the growing products is typically unfit for dogs to drink

 

[GameBoy27]

I buy my honey (not that I use much) and maple syrup from a friend who makes and sells his own.

Same reason I don't buy fruit nor veggies from Mexico. As tempting as those raspberries and strawberries appear, the irrigation systems/ditches they use to transfer so called water to the growing products is typically unfit for dogs to drink

I agree, although if you use limes or avocados you're pretty much stuck with Mexican grown.