Beekeeping Industry: Include Imported ‘Honeycomb’ in quarantine in South Korea

Recently, the import of ‘honeycomb honey’ has been rapidly increasing. The beekeeping industry is raising its voice that imported honeycomb honey should be included in the quarantine target in preparation for possible disease infection. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s Imported Food Information Center, the import volume of imported honeycomb honey was tallied at 65 tons as of the 18th of this year. This is a large increase from last year (13 tons). The beekeeping industry sees the recent increase in dessert specialty stores such as ‘yogurt ice cream’ as the background for the increase in honeycomb honey imports. Some companies provide honeycomb honey as a topping (additional ingredient to decorate food), and as these products have become popular, the import volume has also increased. The problem is that honeycomb honey goes through the same customs clearance procedures as general imported foods. According to the National Institute of Animal ...