Wednesday, 26 April 2023 15:25

Sticky mess

Written by  The Hound

OPINION: Your canine crusader sees that NZ Manuka industry has upset its Australian counterparts – again!

The Australian Manuka Honey Association (AMHA) has responded to a recent study published by NZ’s Unique Manuka Factor Honey Association (UMFHA), calling it “laughably self-serving”.

The offending UMFHA ‘study’, conducted back in early February, tested over 40 foreign samples claiming to be manuka honey.

The study found that all foreign samples failed to meet New Zealand government manuka identification tests and that only New Zealand honey was thus able to claim to be true manuka honey.

The AMHA has now upped the ante by serving its NZ counterpart with legal correspondence ordering it to “cease and desist”. It looks like, this time, it is the Aussies accusing us of underhand – or is that underarm – tactics when it comes to marketing manuka honey.

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