poisoned food

[apibeeman]

In the last few years, food contamination has become a major problem, with melamine contamination, heavy metals, pesticides, hormones and radioactive contamination; it could be the major factor in people becoming obese and human reproductive problems. It appears the authorities are doing absolutely nothing to control the situation and the only emphasis is on profit, not quality. If a produce comes from the EEC there is a degree of control, but if it comes from further a field it appears there is no control at all. As cost is becoming the only consideration these days we are unwittingly feeding our children poison and to further confuse the food we are eating, does not have its origins of production so it is produced very cheaply, probably with slave labor. The result is as EEC produce has controls they cannot compete with the very cheap produce. Take for example tomato puree from your local supermarket, which is probably the same stuff as in your pizza, well over 80% is from outside the EEC but it does not mention its origin on the jar. Another example is honey, very cheap but no mention of its origins, an amazing fact here is there has been a massive culling of bees in the world, because of pesticides, but there has not been any reduction in the amount of honey produced. Is that in fact honey in the jar or is it sugar syrup? So just what are you feeding the kids? See:- www.seattlepi.com/specials/honey/ and From world statistics:Germany produces only a quarter of the honey it consumes.
France produces about half of its requirement.
Britain produces only a tenth of its consumption.
And Ireland sells (as Irish) more honey than it produces!
Actually, I give the trading standards officers in Ireland credit for enforcing beneficial regulations and investigating honey sold as Irish. Of twenty samples of ?Irish? honey taken, five were found to be of South American, Chinese or Mediterranean origins and one contained antibiotics.
We know from a letter in a previous "Cheshire Beekeeper" that checks are carried out in this country from time to time. It is in the interests of all that labels mean what they say.
From Apis-UK, the beekeeping monthly web Newsletter www.beedata.com/apis-uk

Aaaaaagggghhhhhh, for the love of God, PARAGRAPHS!

In the last few years, food contamination has become a major problem, with melamine contamination, heavy metals, pesticides, hormones and radioactive contamination; it could be the major factor in people becoming obese and human reproductive problems.

It appears the authorities are doing absolutely nothing to control the situation and the only emphasis is on profit, not quality.

If a produce comes from the EEC there is a degree of control, but if it comes from further a field it appears there is no control at all. As cost is becoming the only consideration these days we are unwittingly feeding our children poison and to further confuse the food we are eating, does not have its origins of production so it is produced very cheaply, probably with slave labor. The result is as EEC produce has controls they cannot compete with the very cheap produce.

Take for example tomato puree from your local supermarket, which is probably the same stuff as in your pizza, well over 80% is from outside the EEC but it does not mention its origin on the jar.

Another example is honey, very cheap but no mention of its origins, an amazing fact here is there has been a massive culling of bees in the world, because of pesticides, but there has not been any reduction in the amount of honey produced. Is that in fact honey in the jar or is it sugar syrup? So just what are you feeding the kids?

See:- www.seattlepi.com/specials/honey/ and From world statistics:Germany produces only a quarter of the honey it consumes.
France produces about half of its requirement.
Britain produces only a tenth of its consumption.
And Ireland sells (as Irish) more honey than it produces!

Actually, I give the trading standards officers in Ireland credit for enforcing beneficial regulations and investigating honey sold as Irish. Of twenty samples of ?Irish? honey taken, five were found to be of South American, Chinese or Mediterranean origins and one contained antibiotics.

We know from a letter in a previous "Cheshire Beekeeper" that checks are carried out in this country from time to time. It is in the interests of all that labels mean what they say.

From Apis-UK, the beekeeping monthly web Newsletter www.beedata.com/apis-uk

Very good now repeat it 100 times

Thanks BALD.

Now then OP. What exactly is your point?

My DD is clearly being poisoned. At least she isn't depleteing the honey stocks though.
Seriously, the decline in the bee population does concern me. A lot.

I've just bought some honey today - from our local monastery.

D'ya think they're in on it?

the bumble bees are decimated by badgers clawing out the mouse holes occupied by bees and eating the morsel of comb.
Sad but true, but we farmers are to blame
Skylarks and other ground nesting birds- what do you guys think a badger eats- but we farmers are to blame for using fungicides, insecticides and weedkiller.
Driving across a field in the tractor, disturbed a skylark, and a puff of feathers as hit by a hobby/sparrowhawk- we are to blame again for using an unidentifiable pesticide that destroys skylark numbers, yet this hawk eats one a day probably, and kills another two for the fun of it

uk farmer please can you aim your pesticides at the hobby/sparrowhawks as i like skylarks.

Will bee populations increase post cull?

Didn't read op btw. Sorry

No I wouldnt think that there is any monk-ey business going on there.

The last message is answer to meltedmarsbars.
To answer Moonfacemama I am afraid the only time bees population will increase is when man is off the face of the earth, the main reason is mans attitude is wrong towards any wildlife, bees and insects.
People do not understand the only reason a bee stings, is to protect what is rightfully theirs, their honey and babies. If you leave them alone they will leave you alone. People living in towns are horrified if they have a bee in their garden and if a neibour has a hive they can complain and have the hive destroyed. Thay also destroy bumble bee nests.