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There is a product that was shipped to several countries to achieve commercial advantage.  It was then refined, blended and adulterated for re-export under a false customs designation and fraudulent country of origin certificates.  Fraudulent documents served as the handmaiden to this illegal activi…

Kerstin Hoppenhaus haalt in haar "More than Honey" blog wel een heel interessant artikel aan van Rusty Burlew die zich de vraag stelt of we soms niet te makkelijk zogenaamde feiten voor waar aannemen. In dit geval is dat de overbekende uitspraak: Eén derde van al ons voedsel komt voort dankzij de be…

New Zealand’s prominent position in the export market as a producer of ‘pure’ honey is in danger if Australian honey products are allowed into the Kiwi market. The National Beekeepers’ Association of New Zealand (NBA) says Australian honey is being mixed with international honey and exported as an A…

The toxicity of neonicotinoid insecticides to arthropods is reinforced by exposure time The essence of the Druckrey–Küpfmüller equation dt^n = constant (where d = daily dose and t = exposure time-to-effect, with n>1) for chemical carcinogens is that the total dose required to produce the same…