Mislabeled Chinese Honey Leads to Criminal Busts

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BY ANDREW SCHNEIDER | DEC 09, 2011
After a four-month investigation, federal authorities have indicted yet another group of importers for allegedly smuggling Chinese honey into the U.S.

Since September, agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have seized more than 5 million pounds of intentionally mislabeled Chinese honey at customs warehouses near 11 U.S. ports or being shipped to honey packing operations.

According to U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill, of the Central District of Florida, the lengthy investigation of the honey smuggling resulted in a grand jury issuing indictments against three individuals for smuggling honey from China into the U.S.

The illicit honey came from more than 120 large ocean-going shipping containers unloaded at large and small ports throughout the country. Each metal box was packed with 64 steel drums each holding 644 pounds of honey.

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http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/12/mislabeled-chinese-honey-leads-to-criminal-busts/

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1. Now they are putting our bees out of work, probably has lead in it too. n/t

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2. So from the article, it looks like the issue for the Feds is that they are not paying a fine of $2.5

Not so much anything to do with food safety. Maybe I misread that. Chinese crap is completely invading our country. Not even our food is safe.