Organic honey is popular, honey is also organic

China only produces 200,000 tons of honey annually, but the market sells it up to 800,000 tons. On Tuesday, the report on organic vegetables in the newspapers caused public concern in Fuzhou. Some citizens have inquired about the road map of organic farms around Fuzhou, and some readers have proposed new organic food series. question. Mr. Zheng, an attentive citizen, also reflected that the newly purchased “organic honey” certification number could not be found on the CNCA website.

Traditionally, there is a saying that there is more health to eat honey, but how do you distinguish the various honey products on supermarket shelves? What's going on with "organic" honey?

The organic number is inconsistent with industrial and commercial orders. Mr. Zheng's merchandise This honey was bought at the Fuzhou Taijiang Yuanhongdongbai Supermarket. It is called Organic Honey. Mr. Zheng told the newspaper that according to the instructions from the quality supervision department, he logged on to the CNCA website and entered the organic honey certificate number, but the display did not exist.

Yesterday, at Fuzhou Taijiang Yuanhong Dongbai Supermarket, the reporter discovered that this organic flower honey came from the Heilongjiang Reclamation Northeast Black Bee Development Co., Ltd., and the certificate number displayed on the bottle body was 02808010007R1S. The reporter logged in to the CNCA website to enter the certificate number and did not find the certificate.

According to the fax of the product organic certificate provided by the supplier to the supermarket, the reporter found that its organic number is 10610OF0927ROM, which is not the same as the number stated on the package of the product sold, and the date of the certificate displayed on the fax is December 21, 2010. Day, valid until December 20, 2011. The current date of production of products for sale is July 20, 2010.

Subsequently, industrial and commercial law enforcement officials first asked the supermarket to take off the product and wait until the manufacturer provided the relevant certificate, and then check the issue before proceeding.

Manufacturers say: just for the certification body yesterday afternoon, this reporter interviewed the general manager of the Heilongjiang Agricultural Reclamation Northeast Black Bee Development Co., Ltd. Hou. He said that the company has been engaged in organic honey production for a long time and certainly will not have any problems. Due to the change of a certification body for organic certification at the end of last year, the old certification code could not be shown.

The reporter logged in to the CNCA China Food and Agricultural Products Certification Information System and found that the issuing authority of the Heilongjiang Land Reclamation Black Bee Development Co., Ltd. is Beijing Wuzhou Hengtong Certification Co., Ltd., which is one of the certification agencies recognized by the CNCA.

As for the flowers and honey, Hou told reporters that the flowers are not necessarily the 100 kinds of flowers, but they only expressed a lot of flowers, because the company farm flowers more.

A higher certification cost for organic honey leads to the topic of organic honey. “Organic honey is the stuff of the east. Is it true that the bees have been organic?” questioned Mr Cheng, a true consumer.

The reporter visited Fuzhou Sam's Club Store and Xinhuadu Wusi Store and other large stores in Fuzhou. He found organic mixed nectar, organic linden honey, and organic nectar, etc. Honey 傍 “organic” became popular. The reporter found that these honeys with the “organic” logo are generally higher in price than ordinary honey.

Organic Honey with Inconsistent Certification Numbers At the Sam's Club Store, an organic eucalyptus raw honey that claims to have originated from the virgin forest of Changbai Mountain and is free from pollution and antibiotics, and 240 grams is required to be 33.8 yuan. Another organic mixed nectar, 1,000 grams price 43 yuan. It is more than 50% more expensive than the ordinary nectar on the market.

According to industry sources, the so-called organic honey is not that the honey bee is an organic species, but that the honey is collected from pure natural flowers rather than artificially cultivated plant pollen.

How do you ensure that the honeybees' flowers must be free from any pollution, pesticides and any chemical constituents? The above-mentioned Hou also said truthfully, "That is not what we say is organic. It mainly depends on the certification body's full inspection of the production and surrounding environment."

"Organic honey certification is very complicated, there is no 6-7 million can not do it." Hou said at the same time.

【Exploration】 No organic pollution without added organic bees Yesterday, the reporter interviewed a biological product company that had obtained organic honey certification in the province. The manager of the company's relevant person, Zhou, said that organic honey is natural mature honey, and low-level immature honey, artificial honey concentrate and honey added with various additives do not belong to organic honey.

How does organic honey certification differ from other agricultural products? According to Manager Zhou’s introduction, to obtain organic honey certification, the natural environment and production process of the first bee farm must meet the relevant standards for organic foods. Organic honey has higher requirements on the natural environment of the bee farm. Organic bees farms absolutely prohibit the use of pesticides and other harmful chemicals; organic honey must not collect and produce honey from genetically modified honey plants. During the processing, no radiation technology, etc. shall be used and honey shall not be added with any additives. "After the organic environment and the production process are all in compliance with the organic certification, they must also be certified by a third-party agency authorized by the National Certification and Accreditation Administration." Zhou said that the company's organic bee farm is located in Changbai Mountain, and organic honey is a very strict requirement for organic honey. Production only accounts for 5% to 10% of total honey production. "Organic honey production depends more on corporate self-discipline." Manager Zhou disclosed that if a company uses fake honey to impersonate organic honey, it will be supervised by the quality supervision department; but if the company uses ordinary honey to impersonate organic honey, it is controlled by a third-party certification body. However, third-party certification agencies are mostly located in cities outside Beijing, Shanghai and other provinces. It is difficult to monitor them. This does not rule out that individual companies use organic honey to impersonate organic honey.

[Secret] The number of fake honey from the perspective of output With the deterioration of the ecological environment, the number of bees has been declining year by year. However, there are more and more varieties of honey on the market, and the sales volume has also increased year by year, forming a sharp contrast.

According to the beekeeping experts in the province, in fact, from the point of view of the output of honey, we know how many fake honey are on the market. From previous years, the country’s raw honey production was only over 200,000 tons per year, and it still had to supply exports, and the market sold more than 800,000 tons of honey each year.

College of Agriculture and Forestry University, Professor Bee Professor introduced, from the perspective of Fujian, wild osmanthus nectar production in the 50 to 60 tons, duck feet wood honey in 300 to 500 tons, litchi honey and longan honey 300 to 500 tons, girlfriends honey in 100 Between ~200 tons, there is a small amount of citrus honey. Due to the impact of the climate, last year's honey output in Fujian Province was less than one-third of its original output.

[Weapons] how to pick honey?

Fujian University of Agriculture and Forestry Bee School Professor Xiaoqing Huang introduced that true and false honey is actually very difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and now the industry is also three points by the naked eye, seven by machine.

A look at Professor Xie said that the quality of honey has nothing to do with transparency, but the more transparent and clearer it is, the more likely it is fake honey, because honey is really matt, but what fructose does is very clear. it is good. And different colors of honey are not the same, jujube flower honey is heavier, and nectar honey color is orange.

Some consumers think that some fake honey will crystallize. According to Yan Xiaoqing, it cannot be judged by whether it is crystallized or not. The key is to look at the appearance of crystals. The crystals of honey that have been placed for a long time are flocculent, but not the kind that can be opened by hand. Crystals.

Brushed? Do not fly a lot of honey sellers will promote their own honey is really honey, you can use chopsticks drawing. According to Prof. Chung, the ones that can be drawn are not necessarily real honey. For example, honey contains maltose and is also very viscous.

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The bees raised in China mainly include Apis cerana, Italian bees, Northeastern black bees and Xinjiang black bees. The main wild bee species are big bees, black bees, bees and black bees. The “Chinese honey bee” is a unique bee species resource in China. However, at the end of the 20th century, the Chinese honey bee gradually decreased in northern regions. Also known as the Chinese bee and the bumblebee.

Italian bees are the main bee species raised in China. Italian bees are difficult to summer in sub-tropical areas in South China. They have no rearing in Tibet and are kept in all parts of China.

The amount of honey produced by black bees in Northeast China is higher than that of Italian bees, and its honey is rich in essential nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and other essential humans.

There are rumours on the Internet that the nutrition of the honey is high, and that the bumblebee can only produce honey by collecting flowers, while the Italian bees can take fructose to produce honey. In this regard, Prof. Chung said that Chinese bee lived in the south of the Yangtze River, while Italian bees lived in the north of the Yangtze River. The nutritional value of the honey collected by the two kinds of bees was not much different. The only difference was that the bee produced honey was compared. Diluted, but Italian bees produce higher concentrations of honey.

As for “the Chinese bees collect more natural honey such as flowers and honey, and Italian bees use more artificially grown flower sources such as lychee honey,” Professor Yu said. This is a misunderstanding. In fact, although the Chinese bee is suitable for feeding in the mountains, it is also adopted. Litchi and other artificial flowers, but compared with Italian bees, they only half the amount of honey. "If the Chinese bee is a bomber, then the Italian bee is a heavy bomber, and its load is even greater." Professor Yan said that Italian bees produce a lot of honey, so many domestic apiaries use Italian bees.