[Pollinator] Honey Importers Caught, Convicted and to be Sentenced in November. A good day f

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CATCH THE BUZZ  
Honey Importers Caught, Convicted and  to be Sentenced in  November. A good 
day for U.S. Beekeepers  
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 By Alan Harman  
Chinese  executive Boa Zhong Zhang pleads guilty to conspiracy to smuggle 
goods into the  United States by  using false statements and to introducing 
adulterated foods into interstate  commerce. 
The Seattle Times reports the plea agreement  in U.S. District Court in 
Seattle means the vice president of Changge Jixiang  Bee Products Ltd. in 
Henan, China, faces up to five years in prison and a  $250,000 fine when he is 
sentenced on Nov. 30. 
Still facing trial are  Chung Po Liu of  Bellevue, 68, owner of Rainier 
Cascade and Evergreen Produce, and Yong Xiang  Yan, 60, board chairman of the 
Chinese honey company.  
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 Investigators say they mislabeled honey containing three antibiotics as 
coming  from other countries to avoid antidumping tariffs.  
A U.S. Department of Justice statement says  Boa Zhong Zhang was accused of 
rerouting 21 shipments of Chinese honey worth  $1.6 million to avoid $3.3 
million in punitive antidumping tariffs. The honey  was shipped from China to 
the Philippines or Thailand, where it was relabeled  and sent on to the 
U.S. 
One shipment in January 2008 is believed to  have been contaminated with 
ciproflaxin -- an antibiotic sometimes sold under  the trade name Cipro. 
“Submission of false customs documentation to  avoid paying tariffs 
defrauds not only the U.S. government, but the public who is unaware  of the scheme 
and unwittingly purchases the products,” U.S. Immigration and  Customs 
Enforcement Special Agent-in-Charge Leigh Winchell says in a  statement.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 





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