Beekeepers demand more controls on imported honey and accuse the EC of abandoning them

Published 2025년 1월 28일

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Spanish beekeepers have protested in front of the European Commission Representation in Spain, demanding stricter controls on imported honey, improved traceability, and better labeling. They claim that 46% of the honey in Europe is fraudulent and are calling for increased border controls and traceability with validated analysis methods. They also oppose the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, fearing increased honey imports. The beekeepers claim that these imported honeys are often syrups and that the EU is being hypocritical about the sector while regulating it into decline.

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Several dozen Spanish beekeepers gathered this Tuesday in front of the office of the European Commission Representation in Spain to ask for more controls on imported honey and greater traceability and better labelling of the product, and to express their perception that the Commission has abandoned them. The beekeepers have arrived from various parts of the country summoned by the agricultural organisations COAG and Unión de Uniones, with the support of Cooperativas Agro-Alimentarias de España, while similar events have been held in Paris and Lisbon. The head of the beekeeping sector at COAG, Pedro Manuel Loscertales, has assured journalists that a 2023 report from the same European Commission (EC) recognised that "46% of the honey circulating in Europe is alleged fraud", for which reason he has demanded "greater border controls and greater traceability", with validated analysis methods. In this sense, he has considered the creation of a European reference analysis laboratory ...

Source: PEefeagro