On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Peter Edwards <[log in to unmask]
> wrote:
>Is it not interesting that the law now says that pollen is an ingredient
added by beekeepers - but that if we remove it by filtering then what
remains is not honey? The law, as they say, is an ass!

European beekeepers (and any one exporting to that area) will also need to
test honey to prove it doesn't have GMO pollen in it. Other wise you will
have to label it accordingly if it have less tha 0.9% if it have more
probably export it to USA where they do not care or do not have strict
regulations.

I have received reports that canadian honey is been taken our of
supermarket shelfs in germany because of GMO canola pollen.

There is no standariced method of analisis yet aproved, only the DIN 10742
norm for sampling.

Anyone in bee-l is going to the Berlin workshop on GMO honey?
http://www.jki.bund.de/no_cache/de/startseite/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/veranstaltung-detail/Termine/international-workshop-on-the-consequences-of-the-ecj-judgement-on-gm-pollen-in-honey-for-gm-crop-re.html



Juanse Barros J.
APIZUR S.A.
Carrera 695
Gorbea - CHILE
+56-45-271693
08-3613310
http://apiaraucania.blogspot.com/
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