The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), "which cooperated with law enforcement agencies in the investigation, said that the low levels of antibiotics in the Chinese honey are not likely to cause adverse reactions in people, and no illnesses linked to adulteration have been reported."
According to Andrew Schneider of AOL News, the 70-page indictment "reads like Cliffs notes for a spy novel: smuggling, bogus shipping papers, phony lab tests, shipments to Chicago warehouses and small honey-packing plants in Washington's Cascade Mountains."
"Eleven Chinese and German executives and six of their food supply and honey export companies were charged on Wednesday with 44 counts of conspiring to illegally import Chinese-origin honey, including honey tainted with antibiotics, into the U.S. by mislabeling it as originating in other countries to avoid paying anti-dumping fees." The anti-dumping fees would have amounted to about $80 million.
For the full text of the indictment, click here.
To read the Minneapolis Star Tribune story, click here.
To read the AOL News story, click here.
Posted: 09/03/2010
