Government planning checks on honey adulteration soon
Government planning checks on honey adulteration soon SECTIONS Share Synopsis “We will launch a pilot project soon,” said an agriculture ministry official. “We need to develop a mechanism to track honey right from beehive to packaging to check adulteration at every level. National Bee Board (NBB), the apex body for promoting apiculture, will be the nodal organisation for this project.” “There are around 10,000 beekeepers, processors and traders registered with NBB. We will expand the database and scale up the traceability system to ensure consumption of unadulterated honey,” he sa...