Peter said:
Somebody, somewhere must know why this is occurring!

I doubt Peter's plea for information will get a reply  from those which know
the answer.

For whatever reason the Chinese have said they simply are puzzled by finding
Chloramphenicol in their honey.

There are two possible scenarios to the above *in my opinion*

1. They are stating the truth and  illegal use (as Jim Fischer pointed out)
is the reason for the problem.

2. The government  provided the chloramphenicol for a reason they are not
proud of ( as Chuck Norton suggests) and a cover up is going on.

3. Number 2 seems most likely *in my opinion* because of the spending of
huge amounts of money by the government/packers to come up with an
ultrfiltration process to remove the chloramphenicol  from the honey.

I wonder  if the purpose  for  chloramphenicol use is so valuable to China
beekeeping  they have come up with ultrafiltration  so they will not have to
discontinue chloramphenicol use?

I still wonder how many years honey coming out of China has been tainted
with chloramphenicol?

Bob

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