> And legal in the U.S.. Especially with the FDA using mass spec
> machines to test honey without regard to cost of testing. Canada
> honey will be looked at closely when entering the U.S.. Honey
> contaminated will be confiscated I have been told.Contaminated will
> be any substance which is not approved for use in the U.S

Any ideas what the response will be to naturally ocurring substances like
oxalic acid?

AFAIK, oxalic is present in honey naturally, and treatment by evaporation,
apparently does not increase the amount detected.  I don't know about the
trickling method.

It seems to me that the bee authorities are asleep at the switch in reards
use of oxalic.  It is dirt cheap, resonably easy to apply, apparently
effective, and can be quite safe when handled properly -- just like the
other products out there, like coumaphos.

allen
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/

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