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Researchers disclosed that the honey products contain syrups made from sugar cane and corn after making nuclear-based tests. They said that this “fraudulent practice” allows manufacturers to increase the volume of their products while reducing the production costs.
“Sixty-two out of the 76 (82 percent) of honey brands that were found to be adulterated were composed of 95 percent C4 sugar syrup. So, they are not actually adulterated but they are just completely purely sugar syrup,” said DoST-PNRI Dr. Angel T. Bautista VII.
Bautista said impure honey proliferate the Philippine market.
According to him, 12 out of 16 or 75 percent of local honey brands sold either in groceries or souvenir shops are not entirely honey. In addition, a staggering 87 percent or 64 out of 74 of local honey products sold online are impure.
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LOS BAÑOS, Laguna, Dec. 12 (PIA) The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO), of which the Philippines is a chartered member, celebrated its 55th year in November 2020 with 26 regional centers across Southeast Asia, three of which are hosted by the Philippine government. The country is represented in the SEAMEO Council by the Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd).
“Indeed, SEAMEO has come a long way since its inception in 1965 and has taken pride of his achievements over the years as Southeast Asia’s longest running regional organization for promoting quality education, science, and culture,” said Dr. Ethel Agnes P. Valenzuela, a Filipino and the Director of the Bangkok-based SEAMEO Secretariat (SEAMES).
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