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IThey are not welcome on our cabinets. On the event of World Bee Day which is being held this Monday, May 20, the National Federation of Farmers' Unions (FNSEA) calls, in a press launch, on supermarkets to ban honey of Chinese origin and extra broadly Asian from their cabinets. Sold less expensive than European manufacturing, 74% of honey from China can be thought-about fraudulent. However, even in the present day, this honey represents 37% of imports into the European Union, up 39% since 2020.

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With gross sales costs usually 4 instances decrease than European honey, the FNSEA emphasizes that their presence on the cabinets of supermarkets has the direct consequence of destabilizing the market as an entire and thus subjecting French beekeepers to unfair competitors.

Recognize the composition of honey

While in commerce, most honey comes from a combination, typically with a number of international locations throughout the identical jar, most frequently, no precision on the share of every is specified on the jar of the product. In order to fight this phenomenon of deceptive labeling, the FNSEA is categorical: it’s now important to realize a revision of the honey directive and the beekeeping disaster plan. A motion which should speed up in line with the primary agricultural union, specifically via clear commitments from the leaders of mass distribution manufacturers, in addition to their customers.

READ ALSO Honey: the EU will make it obligatory to point the international locations of originStill in line with the union, such measures in opposition to deceptive labeling on honey jars should permit the preservation of beekeepers' actions, the safeguarding of their manufacturing instruments in addition to the safety of bees, these bugs essential to the ecosystem which make sure the pollination of crops.

According to a survey carried out by the European Commission printed in March 2023, 46% of honey imported into the EU was suspected of deviating from EU guidelines. As for honey from China, 74% have been thought-about suspect.


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