Florida’s ‘Pure’ Honey Standard

Amanda Nolz

Get your sweet tooth ready for Florida’s “pure” honey standard in Florida! According the the Miami Herald Breaking Business News, Nirvi Shah reports about Florida’s big step towards producing pure honey for the world.

honey Florida has become the first state — and possibly the first in the world — to ban additives, chemicals or other substances from honey produced, sold or processed in Florida.

”Too often in the past, honey has been cut with water or sugar, and sometimes even contaminated with insecticides or antibiotics,” said Florida Agriculture Commissioner Charles Bronson. “In the future, when you’re paying for honey in this state, pure honey is what you will get.”

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