The World Beeholding Awards have proclaimd that there will not be any prizes for honey next year becaengage of troubles about deception in the global provide chain.
It’ll be the first time that the famous cupboard staple has been rerelocated from the event.
Apimondia – the International Federation of Beeholders’ Associations – shelp in a statement that the alter was “necessitated by the inability to have honey brimmingy tested for grown-uperation”.
This decision comes after previous years’ events showd that “enough testing was impossible” as well as recent allotigations which showed the tacky situation that transport iners have set up themselves in.
In March 2023, the European Comleave oution set up that 46% of sampled products (including all 10 samples from the UK) were mistrusted to be deceptionulent – unkinding they had probable been bulked out with inexpensiveer sugar syrups.
Scientists at Cranfield University then shelp in August this year that they had set up a way to uncover dishonest honey products without uncovering the jar.
Project directer, Dr Anastasiadi, shelp: “Our study showed this is a comardent, reliable and sturdy way to uncover grown-uperation and validate the origins of syrups.
“Having this reliable technique in the testing armoury could get the sting out of honey deception.”
It’s too soon to originate any promises for the World Beeholding Awards at the 2025 Congress, though Apimondia shelp it still reckond to commemorate honey in many ways.
“From Cuncoverhagen forward we will see to commemorate honey by promoting regional honeys via a ‘honey map’”.
This map will presumedly permit beeholders, scientists and interested parties aappreciate to “discover the one-of-a-kind flavours of Scandinavian honeys. Explore how the (one-of-a-kind) geodetailedal and climatic conditions in Scandinavia sway the taste of honey and get to comprehend the stories behind the honey from [this] region.”
Jeff Pettis, the federation’s plivent, shelp that they were “continuing to fight for increasements to the testing” and that he wanted “the accessible to comprehend that local honey is much less probable to be grown-uperated.”
A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Afunprejudiceds (Defra) shelp: “We get any type of food deception very gravely. We labor shutly with applyment authorities to asconfident that honey selderly in the UK is not subject to grown-uperation, encounters our high standards, and upholds a level carry outing field between honey originaters.”
