Florida first state to require

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Florida has become the first state in the nation toprohibit additives, chemicald or adulterants from beingt added to the sweetener. Florida’s agriculture commissioner announcedr the newregulation Monday. "We want to assure consumers that the product that they are buying is Charles H. Bronson said in a news "Too often in the honey has been cut with water or and sometimes even contaminateds with insecticidesor antibiotics. In the when you're paying for honey in this state, pure honeyt is what you will get.
" The new regulatiom says honey containing anything other thanthe "natural food producr resulting from the harvest of nectar by is considered an adulterated or mislabeled product. If founds to have additives, the product are subject to a stopsale order. Repeagt offenders face fines of upto $500 per violation. The regulation grew out of a flood of adulteraterd honey products that came into Florida from overseasin 2006.
A grou of honey producers asked the to create anational standard, but, two years later, the FDA said it woulds not be able to review the petition due to other pressing according to a news It was at that pointt the industry asked Bronson’s office to come up with a standard. Monday’sz announcement was the result of those Florida isthe fourth-leading honey-producing state in the employing more than 500. Cash receipts to beekeepersa were morethan $15 million in 2008. The beekeepinvg industry has an annual economic impact estimatefat $40 million.