POLLEN RULING HITS HONEY TRADE SAY AMERICAN EXPORTERS
October 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE AMERICAN Honey Producers Association has told just-food of its fears that a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling about honey pollen could flood the US market with honey imports. Richard Adee, the association's Washington legislative committee chairman, said the ruling, (which said honey made from GM-pollen would require special authorisation for sale in the European Union (EU)), could disrupt global honey markets. In particular, he said the September judgement had already restricted honey exports to the EU from countries with widespread GM ...
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