Muses mused:

> So the final word is that ultra filtration will not
> leave honey... honey?

You may have missed it, but Allen Dick posted a link to
a copy of a letter from the (US) National Honey Board
http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/articles/ultra.htm
which drew the line clearly, saying, in part:

        "...the [USA] Food and Drug Administration has determined
        that UF honey should not be labeled as "honey" or even
        "ultrafiltered honey", but must be labeled "sweeteners
        derived from honey" or "sweeteners from honey..."

> Is there ANYTHING we can do to prevent this process from ruining
> the honey market in our countries?

At least the USA is apparently "safe" from this specific process.
I'm not sure what other countries can do, but the FDA ruling is
clearly a good precedent for others to point to.

  Now, if the FDA could only rule that products using the term "Honey"
  in the name of the product should use honey as the primary sweetener...
  but I am a hopeless dreamer, aren't I?  (Perhaps it should the Federal
  Trade Commission to enforce this under the "Truth In Adverstising"
  regulations.)

> Do we even HAVE lobiests to defend us?

We don't appear to need them in this case.  The FDA seems to have
looked at the facts, and based their decision on existing definitions
and regulations.


                jim (Who today went out to buy a Hummer H2, only to
                 find that "H2" does NOT mean Hydrogen-fueled!)

                        [ NB: The lack of a roof-mounted GAU-19 12.7mm
                    1,300 round per minute gattling gun as an
                    option on the H2 had nothing to do with it. ]

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