Bill Truesdell brings up a good point with this posting.
 
Who checks the content of "pesticides" in honey and how is it done? At what
PPM does honey become unsellable/nonconsumable?
 
We all know how to check for mites in a hive but what about honey? Is there
a simple litmus test or must we resort to analysis by spectrophotometry?
 
Paul Cronshaw DC
Santa Barbara CA USA
 
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  Date:    Sun, 25 May 1997 06:52:24 -0700
From:    Bill Truesdell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Fluvalinate-contaminated honey
 
Sorry. Still learning that the audience is large on the list and all
news is not universal.
Some environmentalists killed the apple business for a few years with
the Alar scare in the US. Long story, and it took a long time for them
to recover. Apples had a positive, healthful image before the scare,
just like honey. If "pesticide" is found in honey, the same thing will
happen to honey, no matter how "safe" the pesticide.
Bill Truesdell
Bath, ME