. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 16, 1921. THE BBITIBH BEE JOUBNAL. 269. The Labelling of Honey. The labelling of honey is a matter that has interested British bee-keepers for some time, and it has more than once been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Agriculture and other Government officials. It is high time the false labelling of honey was stopped1. Many of those selling it are entirely ignorant of the distinctive colour, aroma, or flavour of honey gathered from different sources. Foreign honey is, too, often labelled "British," of simply "Pu
. British bee journal & bee-keepers adviser. Bees. June 16, 1921. THE BBITIBH BEE JOUBNAL. 269. The Labelling of Honey. The labelling of honey is a matter that has interested British bee-keepers for some time, and it has more than once been brought to the notice of the Ministry of Agriculture and other Government officials. It is high time the false labelling of honey was stopped1. Many of those selling it are entirely ignorant of the distinctive colour, aroma, or flavour of honey gathered from different sources. Foreign honey is, too, often labelled "British," of simply "Pure Honey," with no indication of the country of origin, and a customer buying it is too often under the impression it is produced ia the British Isles. Unfortunately, there are at the present time no powers under the Merchandise Marks Act that enable the Government to insist on all imported honey being labelled as such, and as com- ing from a stated country. The Ministry of Agriculture have sent but a Press notice, which has appeared in most of the daily and other papers, draw- ing attention to these facts, and pointing out that most county bee-keepers' associa- tions issue a distinctive label to their members which is a guarantee that the honey bearing it is home produced. Cus- tomers buying honey are advised to insist oa having that bearing an Association label. This is all to the good of British bee-keepers, and they must do their part by joining their coimty bee-keepers' asso- ciation and using the label on the honey sold. Care should also be taken that all honey so labelled is of the best quality. 83 that when buying it, the public may be certain it is getting genuine British honey of good quality. Those associations that have not yet issued a label will be well advised to do so, and the members should stir up their secretary and com- mittee to adopt a registered label without delay. We must also work for the compul- sory labelling of all imported honey with the count
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