An initiative by mainly large packers and commercial beekeepers called True Source Honey was started in 2010. The goal is to address the problem of illegal transshipped honey by informing the consumer,  promoting legislation and enforcement of existing law, and putting pressure on packers that buy said product  

>True Source Honey, LLC is an effort by a number of honey companies and honey industry participants to call attention to the problem of illegally sourced honey; to encourage action to protect consumers and customers from these practices; and to highlight and support legal, transparent and ethical sourcing. The initiative seeks to help maintain the reputation of honey as a high-quality, highly valued food and further sustain the U.S. honey sector.

A lot more info @

http://www.truesourcehoney.com

Paul Hosticka
Dayton WA

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