At 10:15 AM 6/23/97 -0600, Allen Dick wrote:
>> What is driving the US price down is all the Chinese honey being funneled
>> through Canadian packers and sold in the US as Canadian Honey.
>
>I would like to see some proof of this.
>
>It is my understanding, there has been a little bit of such (illegal)
>activity, but that it is quite minor in relation to the whole market and
>in its effects on price.  Moreover such activity has been well
>investigated by the US commerce department.
It is my understanding that the US  govenment was paying a subsity on honey
a few years ago.
Honduran honey was selling for $.50 a pound.
I know of a local honey expert  phd. type that can identify the country of
origin by the pollen.
the test runs about $50... Texas A&M University..
He said that a number of people were trying to make money by selling
imported honey as US and it was their job to verify the  honey was produced
as claimed...
Dusty
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