> What is worth mentioning, Japan raises the maximum limit of > chloromycetin contained in royal jelly from the former 0.05PPM > to 0.0005PPM. For those playing the home version of the game, Japan LOWERS rather than "raises" the maximum limit. Clearly 0.0005ppm is a much lower limit than 0.05ppm. "0.0005ppm" would be 0.5 parts per BILLION. To visualize just how tiny an impurity this would be, lets walk outside to our imaginary Olympic-sized swimming pool (50m x 25m x 2m) which would hold 660,253 gallons of water. Now 660,253 US gallons equals a slightly over 2.5 billion ml, so 0.5 parts per billion would be 1.25 ml (roughly 1/4 teaspoon) of contaminant in the pool. The "former limit" of 0.05ppm would be 100 times as much, 125 ml or about 4 ounces of contaminant in the same Olympic-sized pool. And Chloromycetin? Another obscure antibiotic, of course. (As an aside, legitimate Olympic-sized pools are very rare. The last one I saw was at the Hotel Renaissance in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the time constraints of business meant I never got time to take a swim, one of many reasons I quit jetting around and started keeping bees.) -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---