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Stung by fake honey

September 17, 2009 11:10

By

Simon Round,

Simon Round

1 min read

In the run-up to Rosh Hashanah, Israeli Ministry of Agriculture officials are warning consumers to beware fake honey. Consumers have been, er, stung, by a brand of honey, manufactured in central Israel, which was found in tests to have been nowhere near a bee.

The works — a hive of criminal activity — was also found not to meet minimum sanitary standards.

Hopefully the charges will stick.

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