>
> > ... Can somebody from Europe clear this up, I heard antibiotics were
> > found in Argentina honey and was refused from Europe, probably a bogus
> > rumor or maybe an isolated case.
>
> Can't comment one way or another on this rumor other than to observe
> that with the concerns about TM resistance in Argentina, honey
> contamination with antibiotics is plausible.
 
 
You were discussing the question about antibiotics in honey from
Argentina. I want to answer because someone asked for an opinion
from old Europe.
 
In deed there was an announcement of the press about antibiotics in
honey from countries out of Europe. I read about that in my local
newspaper in Germany. Let me translate this news from 13th Nov. 1997
without any comment and guarantee for exactness as good as I can:
 
"ANTIBIOTIC RESIDUES IN Honey FROM ABROAD
Zurich. According to a report of the Swiss TV foreign honey often
contains residues of antibiotics. According to a report of the consumer
magazine "Kassensturz" from late Tuesday evening mostly concerned is
honey from Central America. Measurements on the honey importers'
instructions produced a result of residues up to 0.8 mg per kg.
Particular high values of the antibiotic Streptomycin are in the Mexican
honey from Yucatan, the magazin was reporting. The residues in the honey
belong to medical treatment, which beekeepers used to fight American
Foulbrood."
 
Greetings Reimund