Dear John,
Pure Beechworth Honey is 100% Australian honey produced in Australian
apiaries. It's sold in tubs in woolies. Just boil old capilano squeeze
bottles and refill with this stuff.
Consumer information # is 02 6033 2322
Otherwise you might find an old capilano on the shelf... look for old dusty
labels, and then check, there are still some 100% Australian sources if you
go to shops where honey has been slow moving.
Hope that helps,
Jade.




"John Savage" wrote in message
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Earlier this year the Food Standards Association issued a warning against
consuming honey derived from Pattersons Curse because of toxins that cause
liver damage. The warning applies "to people who eat more than two table-
spoonsful of honey per day" according to a newspaper article. This
prolifically-flowering roadside weed is recognizable by its purple
flowers,
and while known to pasturalists as Pattersons Curse is at the same time
known to beekeepers as Salvation Jane because at certain times of the year
it is often the only source of local nectar available to keep bees alive.

The warning about Australian honey coincided with a warning to consumers
by
Channel 7 that lab testing of samples of Capilano honey has revealed
traces
of a banned nitrofuran antibiotic. Apparently the shortage of local honey
has forced big producers to import honey, mostly from Argentina, and they
are finding that honey from Argentina is contaminated by this toxin,
carrying
associated carcinogenic and mutagenic concerns. I note that the Woolworths
Home Brand of honey is packed in Denmark from "imported ingredients".

BTW, anyone know of a source of bulk honey in Sydney? While I did find
one,
it's pricing worked out to be more expensive than buying honey by the 1kg
bottle from Woolworths.
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John Savage (news address invalid; keep news replies in newsgroup)