So, we all know that honey is good for us, and we should eat lots of it. But be careful where you buy your honey. Some honey, namely Chinese honey, is full of harmful pesticides and mixed with corn syrup. It's not even real honey. And some honey that is labeled as U.S. honey is really Chinese honey.
"After a four-month investigation, federal authorities have indicted yet another group of importers for allegedly smuggling Chinese honey into the U.S.Since September, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seized more than 5 million pounds of intentionally mislabeled Chinese honey at customs warehouses near 11 U.S. ports or being shipped to honey packing operations." Mislabeled Chinese Honey Leads to Criminal Busts by Andrew Schneider. | Dec 09, 2011
Be sure you buy pure, homegrown, U.S. honey by buying only from your local, small-time beekeeper. It's by far the best tasting and the healthiest honey you'll ever find.
"After a four-month investigation, federal authorities have indicted yet another group of importers for allegedly smuggling Chinese honey into the U.S.Since September, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seized more than 5 million pounds of intentionally mislabeled Chinese honey at customs warehouses near 11 U.S. ports or being shipped to honey packing operations." Mislabeled Chinese Honey Leads to Criminal Busts by Andrew Schneider. | Dec 09, 2011
Be sure you buy pure, homegrown, U.S. honey by buying only from your local, small-time beekeeper. It's by far the best tasting and the healthiest honey you'll ever find.
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