Hello All,
I always get a kick out of the AHPA. Always hoping for a miracle to happen
(like contaminated honey from Argentina & China ) to save the day and drive
prices up.

Their last ray of hope was:
"China will put in place Pure Honey standards and will become a large
importer of honey from the U.S. driving up the price of honey".

Could happen but the story was started a couple years ago from AHPA and we
are still waiting.

 From the AHPA site:
" Due to the high price of sugar and the low price for honey many beekeepers
are leaving honey on for feed"

Packers offering prices below the cost of sugar? Tells me the packers are
stocked up!

Also from the site which may be of interest in the Brazil organic
discussion.
"The E.U. has banned all Brazilian food (including honey) due to failure by
Brazil (government) to IMPLEMENT food monitoring programs"

I am sure strict requirements are in place concerning " D G organic honey" .
Yea right!

Bob

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