Publications on our Laboratory
Keep up with the latest news and articles about honey, and other types of food fraud here:
Chilliwack beekeeper to safeguard purity of B.C. honey with high-tech test
Using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine, Peter Awram’s lab will be able to determine if cheap sweeteners, such as corn syrup or rice syrup, have been added to particular brands of honey to increase producers’ profits.
A B.C. solution to taking the sting out of honey fraud
In the last fiscal year, more than 23 per cent of imported honey products tested by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency contained additives, despite being labelled pure. The agency found the honey had been diluted with rice and corn syrups.
Cutting-edge lab opens in Chilliwack to detect fraudulent honey
A new cutting-edge laboratory to detect fake honey — the first in Canada — opened Thursday by the Worker Bee Honey Company of Chilliwack. “Our new lab is a response to honey adulteration, a worldwide problem which is growing larger,” said Peter Awram of the Worker Bee Honey.