Posted on 01/10/2011 4:02:51 PM PST by dynachrome
What consumers don’t know is that honey doesn’t usually come straight – or pure – from the hive. Giant steel drums of honey bound for grocery store shelves and the food processors that crank out your cereal are in constant flow through the global market. Most honey comes from China, where beekeepers are notorious for keeping their bees healthy with antibiotics banned in North America because they seep into honey and contaminate it; packers there learn to mask the acrid notes of poor quality product by mixing in sugar or corn-based syrups to fake good taste.
None of this is on the label. Rarely will a jar of honey say “Made in China.” Instead, Chinese honey sold in North America is more likely to be stamped as Indonesian, Malaysian or Taiwanese, due to a growing multimillion dollar laundering system designed to keep the endless supply of cheap and often contaminated Chinese honey moving into the U.S.,
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This is what I saw at the local Dollar Tree store:
http://www.globalbrandsinc.com/?name=products&op=view_item&cat_id=6&id=10
meh
http://utahsown.utah.gov/list.php?id=68&name=Honey%20Producers%20and%20Products&user_type=Member Might as well buy your honey from the Beehive State.
:)
My honey comes from the other side of the state but it sure doesn’t come from China. It is the cheapest on the shelf too probably because it comes in the biggest container.
Here is some v good American honey I will not buy ChiCom honey
http://www.swansonvitamins.com/YS014/ItemDetail
Just wait for the Chinese GM cars.
You’ll be riding around in lead and melamine interiors.
Our neighbor has several hives and sells the honey they produce. It’s really good and I’m thankful to get it.
Doesn't matter where you are, there is a farmers' market somewhere close enough to get local goods.
Thank you!
AMEN! Neither, will I knowingly buy any product that touches food in it’s preparation, storage or consumption. No pots/pans, plates, flatware, etc.!!!
I try to buy nothing from China...but I’ll go the extra mile to not buy anything involved with food!!!
Help a neighbor through capitalism - buy local.
Our honey is from bees from California shipped to Alaska who make excellent honey from fireweed and clover. My wife has two hives that make prize winning honey every year. I don’t need no stinking chinese honey.
I threw away come cast iron pots made in China.
Just don't know what heavy metals could be lurking.
Exactly. When I couldn’t find what I was looking for—at my price—I found made-in-America’s at Goodwill and Salvation Army.
Go where you have to to buy safely!
Thanks for the ping; post; thread.
Health/life BUMP!
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