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America's top grocers are selling fake honey containing carcinogens,
heavy metals, and banned antibiotics.<br><br>
<b>Get grocers to make sure they're selling us the real thing.<br>
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David,<br><br>
In a shocking new study, <b>seventy-six percent of the sticky, golden
stuff sold as honey in the US isn't actually honey, according to the
FDA.</b> Over three-fourths of honey recently tested in supermarkets
contained zero traces of pollen, and is often <b>diluted with
high-fructose corn syrup</b>.<b> <br><br>
</b>In fact, only a small handful of local or organic chains passed the
test. <b>Even one third of all "organic" supermarket honey
turned out to be fake</b>. This is sick, cynical, and dangerous. Major
grocery stores are packing their shelves with "honey" without
bothering to ensure that they're selling us the real thing. If 150,000 of
us sign this petition, we'll deliver it to the top grocery chains and
force them to stop ignoring this issue.<br><br>
<a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1867?t=2&akid=1806.138217.5Pgb9O">
Tell Safeway, Aldi, Kroger, Walmart and other grocers to remove fake,
adulterated honey products from their stores.</a><br><br>
The only reason that you would need to filter out the pollen from honey
would be to disguise its origin to get around FDA restrictions on the
importation of Chinese "honey" that is<b> diluted with
high-fructose corn syrup, and contains heavy metals, banned antibiotics,
and carcinogenic pesticides.<br><br>
</b>According to Mark Jensen, head of the American Honey Producers
Association, “In my judgment, it is pretty safe to assume that any
ultra-filtered honey on store shelves is Chinese honey and it’s even
safer to assume that <b>it entered the country uninspected and in
violation of federal law.</b>”<br><br>
This is consumer deception at its most basic level. The honey industry
has undergone a boon recently as consumers move towards natural
sweeteners.<b> Big business is taking advantage of our desire to eat
natural food, instead selling us cut-rate, fake "honey" while
pocketing the profits</b>. We need to send a clear message that we want
real food, and real honey, on our shelves. Sign the petition today and
make sure that your friends and family know about this shocking
scam.<br><br>
<a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1867?t=3&akid=1806.138217.5Pgb9O">
Stop selling us fake honey. Only sell products that meet the FDA's
definition of honey.</a><br><br>
Thanks for all that you do,<br>
Claiborne and the team at SumOfUs.org<br><br>
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More Information:<br><br>
<a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1799?t=4&akid=1806.138217.5Pgb9O">
Your Honey Isn't Honey,</a> Food Renegade, August 17, 2012<br>
<a href="http://act.sumofus.org/go/1800?t=5&akid=1806.138217.5Pgb9O">
Tests show most store honey is fake,</a> Food Safety Network, November 7,
2011<br>
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