Austria trials DNA testing to uncover honey fraud

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News24 | Austria trials DNA testing to uncover honey fraud

Honey cannot have ingredients such as water or inexpensive sugar syrups added to it, according to EU legislation, but tests have shown that is common practice.

Austria trials DNA testing to uncover honey fraud

At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition -- and in some cases to determine whether they have been adulterated.

Austria trials DNA testing to uncover honey fraud – Sky News: The Latest News from the World

Only a few European laboratories run DNA analysis to test honey. At a laboratory in Austria’s mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition—and in some cases to determine whether they have been adulterated. With fake honey flooding markets, and only a few European laboratories […]

DNA, hope for detecting counterfeit honey imported into the EU

Voels (Austria)  – Founded in 2018 in Voels, near Innsbruck, the company Sinsoma is one of the few that uses DNA to verify the composition of honey imported into the European Union, which is often falsified by the addition of sugar.  “This is really something new for the honey market,” explains co-founder Corinna Wallinger to AFP, for whom it is about staying one step ahead of the cheaters who constantly vary their practices. The European Union …

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