Developing Tests to Detect Adulteration of Honey

Published in: 1977
Source: American Bee Journal
Vol 117 (7): 440-441, July 1977

 

Excerpt:

(Speech presented at the American Beekeeping Federation Meeting in San Antonio, Jan. 27, 1977)
First, may I thank your program chairman, Binford Weaver for giving me the privilege of telling you where we stand in our research program. If you get the idea from the title that we have not yet solved all of our problems, you are correct. We have been working toward the principal objective for about 18 months now; the past year has been most challenging, stimulating, and enjoyable. As I suppose most of you know, the main objective in our research program has been to find ways to detect the illegal addition of high-fructose corn sirup (HFCS) to honey.

 

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