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23. März 2023 · The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) provided investigative support and on-the-spot checks in an EU action against honey adulteration led by the European Commission.
- Food fraud: How genuine is your honey? - European Commission
Competent law enforcement authorities can follow up and...
- Food fraud: How genuine is your honey? - European Commission
Adulteration of honey occurs when additional products - such as glucose syrups, are added to pure honey to increase its volume. Whilst not harmful to human health, this action dilutes the purity of honey, undercutting genuine producers and giving the consumer a raw deal. It also breaches EU legislation, which states that honey in the EU must be ...
Betrugsbekämpfung OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office) ans Licht gebracht wurde. Laut der OLAF-Pressemitteilung vom 23.03.2023 und dem Bericht der EU zur Coordinated action “From the Hives” sind 46 Prozent der Importhonige mit Zuckersirup verunreinigt, um so das Honigvolumen zu erhöhen und den Preis zu drücken. Fast 74 Prozent der ...
27. März 2023 · The honey is suspected to have been cut with sugar syrups made from rice, wheat or sugar beet. Most fake honey is brought from Turkey (93%) and China (74%). All the 10 honeys entered via the...
- Better Detection Capability
- Attractive Fraud Opportunities
- Background Information
The JRC applied a new set of advanced testing methods. In previous studies, different methods were used to detect with sufficient sensitivity sugar syrups made of maize starch or sugarcane, but it was less effective in detecting other types of syrups tailored to mimic honey. The study indicates that such sugar syrups made from maize are now rarely ...
The important price difference between authentic honey and sugar syrups explains why fraud in honey is highly profitable. Figures speak for themselves: the EU average unit value for imported honey was 2.32 €/kg in 2021, whereas sugar syrups made from rice are available at around 0.40 – 0.60 €/kg. In addition, the difficulty to detect the extension ...
The action was initiated and coordinated by the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) of the European Commission and implemented by the members of the EU Food Fraud Network who received the technical assistance of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) and investigative support of the European Anti-Fraud Office(OLAF). The EU Honey Dire...
The price difference between authentic honey and sugar syrups and the difficulty of detecting the extension of honey with syrups provide attractive fraud opportunities for dishonest business operators.
Honey naturally contains sugar and, according to EU legislation, must remain pure – meaning that it cannot have ingredients added to it. Adulteration occurs when ingredients such as water or inexpensive sugar syrups are artificially added to increase the volume of honey.
