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 >>[log in to unmask] >> >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 >---------------------------------------------------------------- >Peter Bray, Airborne Honey Ltd., PO Box 28, Leeston, New Zealand >Fax 64-3-324-3236, Phone 64-3-324-3569 [log in to unmask] >---------------------------------------------------------------- > Need I say more? This is why we need standards enacted. Frank Humphrey [log in to unmask] Frank Humphrey [log in to unmask]