EU tightens control over honey imports from November 2024

From November 30, 2024, honey and other bee products intended for consumption will be able to be imported into the EU countries only if they are sent, received or produced in those institutions that are listed by the competent authority of the exporting country. This was reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, UNN reports . 

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As the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection pointed out in  , honey and other bee products intended for human consumption are increasingly becoming the subject of fraud and falsification. In particular, due to the addition of foreign sugars. 

According to the European Commission , 46% of cargoes with honey and bee products were found to have some kind of discrepancy when  imported into the EU, and 57% of exporters from third countries were marked as suspicious of honey adulteration with foreign sugars.

Therefore, in order to improve the traceability of the supply chain of honey and bee products to the market, the European Union is strengthening control by exporting countries over market operators

As reported, from November 30, 2024, honey and other bee products intended for human consumption may be imported into the EU only if they are shipped, received and/or produced in those establishments that are listed by the competent authority of the exporting country.

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The State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection stated that interested market operators of honey and bee products producers must apply in advance (one month in advance) to the territorial body of the agency to include the capacities of market operators in the lists of capacities from which exports of honey and bee products for human consumption to the EU are allowed.