Hi All
 
An interesting side spin of the honey adulteration debate is that
legally in most countries(especially the sue happy US) it is very
important to list all ingredients on a product - in case a rare sod
with an allergy to one of your unlisted ingredients goes into
anaphylactic shock 30 seconds after eating a product and is ledft
brain dead or really dead.
 
Hence a beekeeper who may suspect that some HFCS has actually found
it's way into honey may be in for a shock if she/he sells it and
somebody  (one of the 1 in every 80 000) who is allergic to corn
protein dies. Converse to what may be said it is actually very easy
to detect the presence of something like HFCS in honey I would geuss
as one could use an ELISA (Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) - what
they use to detect HIV antibodies, steroids and such in humans on a
honey sample. One would need an antibody raised against one of the
common proteins in HFCS - then it would be easy to batch proccess
thousands of samples at a cost of probably under a dollar a sample,
or if one was being more fancy less than 5 dollars a sample.
 
Hence, from a legal perspective it would be good to contact some of
the allergy lobbies in the US, Canada and Britain, as well as people
like the Vegans and such who would be willing to invest some money in
verifying a products validity.
 
Just an idea
 
Keep well
 
Garth
Garth Cambray           Camdini Apiaries
15 Park Road
Grahamstown             Apis mellifera capensis
6139
South Africa
 
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