The new national standard will strictly define honey

Autumn and winter are the peak season for honey sales. At the same time, the national standard for honey is again “upgraded” and will be officially promulgated and implemented on the 22nd of this month. From the official website of the Ministry of Health, it can be found that the national food safety standard “Honey” (GB14963-2011) to be formally implemented is compared with the "Honey Sanitation Standards" issued in 2003 with a relatively large change: the scope has been modified; The definition of honey; the requirements of raw materials to be changed to honey source requirements, and clear the name of major toxic nectar plant species; modify the sensory requirements; modify the physical and chemical indicators; increased the limits of pollutants, veterinary drug residue limits, pesticide residue limits. "For non-standard operating honey manufacturers, the new standard is a golden band." Industry insiders believe that the new national standard of honey is conducive to regulate the honey market, to a certain extent, to curb bad business fraud. Most of the honey packaging sold on the market today is marked with “pure” and “natural” words, but reading the labels carefully reveals that there are small words “processed by modern science and technology”; the same net content of honey prices is also very different. Far, the difference can reach tens of dollars. Most consumers stated that it was difficult to identify which kind of honey was of high quality only from the packaging. According to honey sellers, it would be almost impossible to buy 100% pure honey in the market, and it would be nice to achieve 70% purity. However, according to the honey standard currently promulgated by the country, honey is a natural substance. After being processed by a chemical process, it can only be called a “honey product” and cannot be “honey”.

According to a report from the China Bee Industry Association, from the previous year, the country's raw honey production was only over 200,000 tons per year, and it was still necessary to supply exports. The market sold more than 800,000 tons of honey each year. The fake honey sold in the market is mainly fructose syrup made by decolorizing rice and fermenting fructose. Now the purchase price of ordinary honey is probably several times that of fructose syrup. “These standards have been revised and developed, and the experiences of international standards and other national standards have been fully utilized, and the food safety standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the European Union, Japan, and the United States have been analyzed and compared.” The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Health Supervision Bureau at the media briefing session Indicated.