India has decided that antibiotics should not be used at any stage of honey production, thereby conforming with the norms of European Union.
The recommendation of the Food Safety and Standards of India (FSSAI) will soon be notified by the Union health ministry which will make mandatory for the producers that honey samples conform to these regulatory measures before they can be declared safe for the consumption. The government had been working on these standards since last year after it was found that lots, even those sold by top brands, had traces of antibiotics and pesticides in them. The antibiotics are being used by the bee-keeping industry to control diseases in honey bees and to increase the production.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/no-antibiotics-be-used-honey
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/teena-thacker
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/asian-age-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/honey
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety-and-standards-authority-india-fssai
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-health-and-family-welfare
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-adulteration
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-agriculture
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-safety
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health
