Hello All,
>    We are reaching a point when WHOLESOMENESS of our food products is
considered of out most importance, and it should be so. We must guard
against foreign substances that may harm consumers if ingested in our foods.
As food producers, as beekeepers are, we are responsible for the
wholesomeness of the food we produce, hence we must comply with sanitary
regulations applied to the  trade.  Governments are legislating in that
direction and predictably there will be laws to that effect surfacing from
day to day.
> Example:  In the United Kingdom, and I may suggest, pretty soon in all the
EC, the law is ZERO level for contaminants in honey.

Sadly I seem to be the only person to present *the rest of the story *. Our
legislators in the U.S. always really believe they can legislate away all
problems. The amount of honey actually tested coming into the U.S. and the
U.K. is so small and always will be contaminants will always be a problem.
Many LEGAL preservatives added in foods are far worse than any contaminants
talked about in PPb or PPM on Bee-L. Although many of the worlds people are
waking up to the problems with the worlds food supply the solutions in my
opinion will never make a dent in the problem. Education as to the problems
works better than legislation. The human life span should be around 120
years. Why isn't it?  In the U.S. our medical system treats the disease
after the disease is in advance stages. The causes are never addressed.
Preventive medicine is only practiced by a small percent of the population.
Eleven pesticides banned in the U.S. are legal in Mexico. Produce crosses
the border daily untested in all but less than 1%.  Sadly the truth hurts.
I do not buy store produce and I do not buy TV diners.
I agree with everything Dr. R. said but felt I needed to show why in my
opinion the problem will NEVER simply be legislated away. Implementation of
large scale inspections is a better solution. Laws are ALREADY on the books
to prevent most of the most serious violators.
Bob