Honey aint necessarily honey, Honey

[bob10]

Check this out, Bob
'Victoria Honey' Misrepresentations








Breakfast lovers, don’t get stung reaching for that local honey to spread on your


toast. It might not be Australian and it might not come from bees.


The consumer watchdog is preparing to act on some brands of cheap imported


honey, which the bee industry claims do not meet local food standards and could


be deceptively labelled.


‘Victoria Honey’, imported from Turkey, is one of four products identified by the


Australian Honey Bee Industry Council as potentially breaching labelling laws amid claims it isn’t made


from honey.


The low-cost one-kilogram honey tubs have been found in fruit shops around the country and are part of a


sticky flood of similar products competing with local producers.

[ramblingboy42]

if it's not honey , honey , then what is it?

[cripesamighty]

Plant derived sugar from sugar cane and corn.

[bob10]

I'm glad you asked, Bob


http://www.smh.com.au/business/cheap-imported-honey-might-not-come-from-bees-watchdog-warns-


20140615-zs8j1.html#ixzz35VSOXHN8






ACCC acts on 'Victoria Honey' Misrepresentations








On the 23 June 2014 Basfoods (Aust) Pty Ltd (Basfoods) has paid penalties totalling $30,600 following


the issue of three infringement notices by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)


in relation to Basfoods’ “Victoria Honey”. The ACCC considered that Basfoods had misrepresented that its


“Victoria Honey” was honey produced by Honeybees on product labelling and on its website, when it was


mainly comprised of sugars from plants including corn and sugar cane.


In addition, the ACCC also considered that by naming and labelling its product “Victoria Honey”, Basfoods


had represented the product as originating from Victoria, Australia when in fact it was a product of


Turkey. The three infringement notices were issued to Basfoods because the ACCC had reasonable


grounds to believe that the labelling of ”Victoria Honey” and Basfoods’ website contained false or


misleading representations about the composition and place of origin of ”Victoria Honey”, in


contravention of the Australian Consumer Law (ACL).