Dee Lusby wrote:

"What is the REAL REFERENCE for formic acid actually being
in honey and By Who for the research and work???????? When
done?????
Can anyone help???? What book is the information to be
found in for beekeepers??? What is the actual level of
formic acid in honey if indeed it is to be actually found
in honey and not supposed like early on?"

Dee,

Here are a few links concerning formic acid use in food and accepted daily
intake which are very far from any quantity a normal person can ingurgitate
either thru honey or fruit juices.

As far as the dosage found in honey, you can refer to studies made by Anton
Imdorf in Switzerland (Liebefeld center). Dr Imdorf found a natural presence
of 85 mg/kg and after a spring treatment with formic acid, the concentration
rose to close to 300 mg/kg which is quite far from the maximum daily intake
as suggested by WHO.

http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v05je09.htm

http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v38aje03.htm

http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jeceval/jec_575.htm

http://www.inchem.org/documents/jecfa/jecmono/v44aje11.htm

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jtemp/FormicAcid.html


Greetings

Docteur André Simoneau
Médecin vétérinaire régional
Montréal-Laval-Lanaudière
MAPAQ-CQIASA
Laboratoire de pathologie animale
867, boulevard L'Ange-Gardien
L'Assomption, Québec
Canada   J5W 4M9
Téléphone: 450-589-5745 poste 275
Télécopie:  450-589-0648

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