The Greek Minister requested the EU to impose a ban on Ukrainian honey imports

Aiming to support beekeeping, the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Kostas Tsiaras, speaking with the Commissioner for Agriculture, Christophe Hansen, emphasized the importance of protecting Greek and European beekeepers from conditions of unfair competition. He argued for the need to take measures, based on Regulation 2024/1392, on imports of Ukrainian honey to Bulgaria and Romania, highlighting the effects of the economic, energy and climate crisis on the sector. However, the problem of adulteration and unfair competition in honey throughout the EU is a big problem. Mr. Bernard Hoivel, president of the Association of European Professional Beekeepers (ERBA), emphasizes that "80% of the honey on the shelves of Europe is adulterated, which one can suspect from the selling price of these 'honeys', which is significantly lower than the cost of honey production in Europe. In addition to deceiving consumers, unfair competition with imported syrups has led professional beekeepers ...