Creating a database of Canadian honey
Authentic Food Solutions continues to partner with Dr. Leonard Foster and his lab at UBC to develop a test that
A Honey of an Issue
True Honey Buzz's very own Peter Awram delves into the many issues that Canada's beekeepers are seeing as the increase
The bee’s knees
Adulteration of honey can take many forms, including the addition of high fructose corn syrups, masking or mislabelling the product,
Government gives money for honey traceability program and library
THE Australian honey industry is looking to reassure public trust in the product with the creation of a national honey
Chilliwack beekeeper to safeguard purity of B.C. honey with high-tech test
Using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine, Peter Awram’s lab will be able to determine if cheap sweeteners, such as corn syrup or rice syrup, have been added to particular brands of honey to increase producers’ profits.
Cutting-edge lab opens in Chilliwack to detect fraudulent honey
A new cutting-edge laboratory to detect fake honey — the first in Canada — opened Thursday by the Worker Bee Honey Company of Chilliwack. “Our new lab is a response to honey adulteration, a worldwide problem which is growing larger,” said Peter Awram of the Worker Bee Honey.