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Australian manuka honey producers score legal win over New Zealand producers in Europe, UK
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<blockquote data-quote="Alastair" data-source="post: 11996" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>In NZ we have one species we call Manuka. In Australia they have boasted they have more than us, they have 86 species they are now calling manuka. The honeys from some of these 86 species taste markedly different to our own NZ manuka honey.</p><p></p><p>The following is cut and pasted from an email from Apiculture NZ -</p><p></p><p>"It is important to maintain a position of clarity for the consumer of what they are buying; not by including another 86 species under a single name. Soon there will be research released demonstrating the significant differences between NZ mānuka honey and other products sold around the world that are labelled as 'manuka honey'.</p><p></p><p>If we are to develop the science around this unique honey we must ensure we have proper species differentiation and recognition, and all the other values of the NZ climate, environment, and soils that contribute to a unique product are recognised.</p><p></p><p>We should remind ourselves that we are not attacking any other country or body producing their own unique and valuable honey based on their own story; we are only fighting for the recognition of ours. For the international honey industry to advance away from a base commodity position this is very important. Our goal here is for the NZ beekeeper to be able to clearly tell their story with their own unique honeys in an international market without confusion.”</p><p></p><p>This sentiment is strongly supported by Apiculture New Zealand".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alastair, post: 11996, member: 13"] In NZ we have one species we call Manuka. In Australia they have boasted they have more than us, they have 86 species they are now calling manuka. The honeys from some of these 86 species taste markedly different to our own NZ manuka honey. The following is cut and pasted from an email from Apiculture NZ - "It is important to maintain a position of clarity for the consumer of what they are buying; not by including another 86 species under a single name. Soon there will be research released demonstrating the significant differences between NZ mānuka honey and other products sold around the world that are labelled as 'manuka honey'. If we are to develop the science around this unique honey we must ensure we have proper species differentiation and recognition, and all the other values of the NZ climate, environment, and soils that contribute to a unique product are recognised. We should remind ourselves that we are not attacking any other country or body producing their own unique and valuable honey based on their own story; we are only fighting for the recognition of ours. For the international honey industry to advance away from a base commodity position this is very important. Our goal here is for the NZ beekeeper to be able to clearly tell their story with their own unique honeys in an international market without confusion.” This sentiment is strongly supported by Apiculture New Zealand". [/QUOTE]
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