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Within the scope of combating adulteration, the carbon value (minus 23 and below) was determined for the secretion, flower and mixture honey other than pine honey. If this value is above the specified limit, it will be possible to understand that corn sugar is added to honey. With the new Honey Communiqué, honey that has not been heat treated and pollen removed has also been defined as "raw honey". The criteria of the pine honey, 90 percent of world production realized in Turkey, also has been set for the first time. Thus, defining for the first time in Turkey's pine honey, a study is carried out to make an international definition within the framework of ISO (International Standarts of Organizations). Consumer not to be deceived... Chairman of Turkey Beekeepers' Association (TAB) Ziya Şahin said that they have been making great efforts in order to defend the honour of pine honey for 15 years as the sector. Şahin said, "If we are the leader in the wor...

Food safety still tops the agenda of the government despite all of the new measures it has taken. As public complaints mount over companies fined for violating the food safety code, some companies are resorting to changing their names and executives to continue operations. To deal with this, lawmakers are preparing a new, more efficient bill that includes prison sentences up to five years for people and businesses involved in the production, sale and import of food deemed dangerous to public health. New steps already found support from food producers. Atilla Totoş, a board member of an association of olive and olive oil producers, told Anadolu Agency (AA) on Thursday that food safety violators "should be tried on manslaughter charges." "They deliberately sell fake foods," he says. "It will be a great day for Turkish food producers when the law comes into force," Totoş said, adding that Turkey can establish a police task force against food safety viol...

Ziya Şahin, Chairman of Turkey Beekeepers' Association (TAB), said that Turkey ranks second place in honey production globally. Stating that Turkey is one of the leaders of honey producing countries in the world, Şahin said," We have organized the largest world congress so far. What we want to do in Turkey is to bring together the consumers with our beekeepers. Therefore we attach importance to the fairs considerably but there should be only one sectoral exhibition." We are the first country in the world that has recorded the bees...  Indicating that Turkey is the first country in the world that has recorded the bee population, Şahin noted, "But we also have to record native honey across Turkey. Being a honey producer is a hard job, that's why we should not victimize them. Besides consumers should know what kind of honey they eat. This can be provided by registration of honey variety. Authorities should take action in order to be able to achieve so called...

Turkish firm was awarded for producing the best honey in the world in an international beekeeping gathering held in Montreal, Canada for its polyflora honey. The 46th Apimondia International Apicultural Congress brought together more than 6,000 participants from 80 countries between Sept. 8 and 12. An award ceremony was held to wrap up the international organization on Thursday. "Our family's beekeeping tradition dates back to more than 300 years, we work hard to produce fine quality honey," Celal Çay, the owner of Eğriçayır Bal, told Anadolu Agency after receiving the award. Çay said the company also won a silver medal in a Kyiv congress in 2013 and a gold medal in Istanbul in 2017...

Turkey Beekeepers Association (TAB) Chairman Ziya Şahin: Honey producers should be protected Turkey Beekeepers Association Chairman Ziya Şahin said that they demanded from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to distinguish natural honey producers and unregistered ones, thus real honey producers might be protected. Şahin said: "Honey producers who keep their lives away from families for 8 months in a year should be supported. Producers have such a demand from the Ministry, so they'd rather work on this issue." Şahin stated: ""In the current year, effects of bottleneck in the economy, felt in all sectors including beekeeping sector. While 80 percent of our beekeepers do this by transporting bees from region to region. At the same time we supply honey, pollen and royal jelly to our consumers as the main agricultural task. The sector contributes to pollination due to biological richness, as well as providing biological richness to the whole universe as ...