Honey, these popular brands are contaminated with antibiotics

  • 16/09/2010

  • Deccan Herald (Bangalore)

In what may be a case of adopting double standard, India allows export of top quality, pure honey to US and Europe, but turn a blind eye to sale of antibiotic-laden honey in the domestic market. A survey of 12 popular honey brands including two imported products available in the Indian market shows almost all of them contain high levels of antibiotics, used by the beekeeping industry to control and prevent outbreak of diseases in apiaries. Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment analysed 10 Indian honey brands