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honey import alert issued by the FDA, "FDA laboratories do not have the instrumental capability to analyze honey according to the Official Methods of Analysis of AOAC International, AOAC Official Method 991.41, which requires an isotope ratio mass spectrometer" (40). This would require the FDA to send samples out for third party analysis, making testing more useful as a survey of the industry than as an intervention strategy. market value is referred to as "dumping" on the market. As a result of this determination, an anti-dumping tariff was applied to imports of Chinese honey. A similar determination was made by the USITC in 2000 regarding honey imports from both Argentina and China (43). In 2000, more than 16% of total honey imports into the U.S. originated in either China or Argentina. That figure dropped to 12% in 2001 and less than 4% in 2002 (25). In 2012, the USITC voted unanimously that the existing order on honey imports from China should remain in place (44). In addition to the U.S. tariff on Chinese honey upheld in 2000, the E.U. instated a ban on honey imports from China in 2002 (2). This led to a surplus of Chinese honey in the international market. At the same time that imports from China were decreasing, there was a corresponding increase in honey imports from countries that historically did not produce or export large amounts of honey (see Fig. 2). To avoid large tariffs upon import into the U.S. and to circumvent the ban on honey in the EU, Chinese honey manufacturers set up routes to transship honey (23). Transshipment refers to the transport of honey through intermediary countries, and subsequent Trade policies In October 1994, a petition was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce on behalf of the American Beekeeping Federation and the American Honey Producers Association alleging that the U.S. honey industry was threatened by the importation of inexpensive Chinese honey. In November of that year, the USITC issued a preliminary determination stating that "there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury by reason of imports of honey from The People's Republic of China (China), that are alleged to be sold in the United States at less than fair value" (42). The export of products in large quantities at less-than- Yearly imports of honey into the U.S. from 5 countries 300 China Russia Indonesia India Quantity, 100,000 kg Malaysia 200 100 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Year Note: quantities include 4 grades of bulk honey and honey packaged for retail sale Figure 2. Quantities of U.S. imports of honey from countries that traditionally have not produced large amounts of honey (Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection; not official U.S. trade statistics) foodprotection.org Food Protection Trends 11 http://www.foodprotection.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Food Protection Trends - January/February 2014

Food Protection Trends - January/February 2014
Contents
Economically Motivated Adulteration of Honey: Quality Control Vulnerabilities in the International Honey Market
Efficacy of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds on Different Conveyor Chips Contaminated with Poultry Rinsate
What Implications Does a Baseline of Self-efficacy of Food Safety in Adolescent Populations Have for Future Food Safety Education Interventions?
Food Safety Risks in Restaurants and School Foodservice Establishments: Health Inspection Reports
INOFOOD 2013 Conference & Expo
The 3rd Asia Pacific International Conference on Food Safety
China International Food Safety & Quality Conference (CIFSQ) + Expo
Dubai International Food Safety Conference (DIFSC)
Beyond the Bio
FSMA: Article 7
PDG
Industry Products
Coming Events

Food Protection Trends - January/February 2014