On page 91 of the February 2006 ABJ there are comments about the use of
Tylosin to control AFB.  Included in these comments are the following
comments attributed to the FDA "the exposure resulting from the consumption
of honey from treated hives does not represent a human safety concern and a
tolerance for tylosin in honey is not needed".

I don't pretend to fully understand regulatorspeak, but to me that
means...don't worry about any level of tylosin in honey!  DUH...who paid for
that!  Why did ABF, the NHB, etc. let that go through?  Is someone nuts?

My understanding is that tylosin is presently the 'last available' antibotic
standing in the way of certain resistant bacteria, such as some strains of
staph.  Yet we are letting humans get continually dosed with small
quantities?  I know that this has been going on for many years with tylosin
used as a growth factor for poultry, pigs, etc., but did it have to get
extended to honey?

Lloyd

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Lloyd Spear
Owner Ross Rounds, Inc.
Manufacture of equipment for round comb honey sections,
Sundance Pollen Traps, and producer of Sundance custom labels.
Contact your dealer or www.RossRounds.com

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