At 11:26 AM 6/23/96 +0000, you wrote:
>At 04:05 PM 6/22/96 GMT, Eric Abell wrote:
>
>>I agree that 'raw' honey crystallized faster but this has nothing to do with
>>the shelf life unless it is identified as liquid honey.
>>
>>I have no objection to customers believing that crystallized honey is the
>>only way to know that it is raw and unprocessed but lets be clear that this
>>is not factual.  Surely it depends upon what is meant by 'processing' but
>>given enough time most (and perhaps all) honey will crystalize.
>>
>>Eric Abell
>>Gibbons, Alberta Canada
>>(403) 998 3143
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>There will always be lots of discussions about "raw", "unfiltered" unheated"
>"organic" "natural" product.  How about some definitions with these
>statements. These tend to differ from country to country, area to area etc.
>e.g. I'm sure "heating" has a different meaning in Mexico than Alaska.
>Specifically, could a few people define:
>
>"Unheated"  (I presume it doesn't mean the product is held at absolute zero!)
>
>"Unfiltered" -  there is some mention of "strained", does that mean
>filtered? if not what size of filter/strainer is considered the border
>between strained/filtered  unfiltered/filtered?  10 microns? 100 microns?
>1000? ......
>
>Please use some actual _measurements_ in these definitions.
>
>How about some discussions on what is a "Natural" part of honey.
>
>Pollen? - the stuff that arrives with the nectar.... or the stuff that is
>incorporated into the honey from the extraction process (from stored pollen
>in the frames).  Are both of these sources of pollen a natural component of
>honey?
>
>If "unprocessed", do these "natural" components extend to bee parts, brood
>residues etc.
>Cheers
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Need I say more?  This is why we need standards enacted.
 
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