NEW HONEY SOURCING CODE- NO MORE ADULTERATED HONEY FROM CHINA

The new True Source Certified Program enables North American beekeepers to help fight the threat of illegally shipped honey from China and support the U.S. and Canadian honey industries, by registering their operations. True Source Certified now represents about one-third of honey sold in North America. Almost 200 beekeeping operations have already registered with the program, and the nonprofit True Source initiative has introduced a new online registration system to make it even easier for beekeepers to participate. The True Source certification program provides traceability from hive to table, and is designed to help ensure the food safety and security of the honey used in North America.

“Beekeepers recognize that the True Source program is beneficial, because it helps their customers and defends honey’s reputation, and because illegally shipped honey can undercut fair market prices and threaten a beekeeper’s business,” says True Source Honey executive director Gordon Marks in a press statement.

True Source Certified honey packers are required to follow strict sourcing standards that require full disclosure to an independent auditor. To achieve certification, packers must purchase their honey from legitimate honey producers—never from an unknown source. Consumers can search certified honey products on truesourcehoney.com.