Honey

Antibiotics in honey

Honey has the image of being a natural and healthy product. However, today honey is produced in an environment, polluted by different sources of contamination. The
contamination sources can be environmental and apicultural ones. Environmental contaminants are pesticides, heavy metals, bacteria and radioactivity.

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Lab Reports

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Press Releases

[Sept. 18, 2010] CSE stands by its report on honey, debunks Australian honeymaker’s claims [Sept. 15, 2010] CSE busts the myth about ‘natural and pure’ honey

CSE Lab Report

Letters

Letter from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Minister of Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Commerce & Industry Letter from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Letter from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare Letter from Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Presentation

Factsheets

CSE’s Pollution Monitoring Laboratory over the years: a decade of public science Regulations: not working to regulate contaminants Why antibiotic in food is harmful: creating resistance and indomitable superbugs International honey trade: the murky side of sweet business