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  • China's Honey Industry Shows Sour Side

    05/14/2007 4:37:28 PM PDT · by JACKRUSSELL · 17 replies · 896+ views
    MiamiHerald.com ^ | May 14, 2007 | By Don Lee
    ......He's been recruiting beekeepers to harvest on the grounds, and all he asks is that they follow a few simple health rules. First, no using antibiotics in their colonies; the drugs can make people sick. Second, no storing honey in metal containers; those can taint the sweet goo with toxic iron and lead. Some 45 keepers have signed up. But many others are hostile to his efforts, which they see as a threat to their decades-old way of doing business on the cheap -- and making easy profits. ......Honey and thousands of other Chinese food products are showing up more...