Trust in our global food supply chains remains a concern. For the foreseeable future, much of Canada’s food fraud remains hidden in plain sight, sitting right there on our grocery store shelves.
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While industry bodies fight over who can claim that their mānuka honey is authentic, Māori interests are often left out of the debate.
More than a quarter of commercially available honeys show signs of having been bulked out with cheaper products such as sugar cane and corn syrup, a new analysis shows.
The bee product industry is booming and in unregulated markets, there is a strong economic incentive to cheat. Self regulation combined with legal deterrence could help clean up the sticky mess.
Australia’s largest honey producer has been accused of selling fake honey. But what is fake honey – and why has it only been found now?
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Professor of Commercial Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong
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Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Senior Lecturer, Nutrition and Food Science, Australian Catholic University
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Toronto-based, doctoral researcher, Food Chain / Supply Chain Transparency, Trust, Technology, Standards @ Henley Business School, University of Reading
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PhD candidate, Macquarie University