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Tutin contamination in Gisborne.
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<blockquote data-quote="John B" data-source="post: 9700" data-attributes="member: 207"><p>Your honey is over the limit so you can't sell it or even give it away but you can eat it yourself. The limit is set at 100 times lower than what could cause any harm to anybody and your level is lower than the limit that we used to have a few years ago ( 2.). Honey that was packed under the old limit was still allowed to be sold until it was used up so it is pretty obvious even MPI don't really believe that honey at this level is dangerous to anybody.</p><p>Don't get me wrong tutin contamination is dangerous and at high levels can make you very sick or even kill you but this is not a high level and I would be more than happy to have it on my sandwiches. You do have the option if you have some honey with no tutin to blend them together until the entire lot is below the set limit.</p><p>Honey taken off before 1 January does not need to be tested but I know for a fact that honeys can be over the legal limit before this date.</p><p>Where I have hives levels have been very low this year or non-existent and I suspect in general it's has been a good year for low readings. Some years have certainly been a lot worse than this one and will be again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John B, post: 9700, member: 207"] Your honey is over the limit so you can't sell it or even give it away but you can eat it yourself. The limit is set at 100 times lower than what could cause any harm to anybody and your level is lower than the limit that we used to have a few years ago ( 2.). Honey that was packed under the old limit was still allowed to be sold until it was used up so it is pretty obvious even MPI don't really believe that honey at this level is dangerous to anybody. Don't get me wrong tutin contamination is dangerous and at high levels can make you very sick or even kill you but this is not a high level and I would be more than happy to have it on my sandwiches. You do have the option if you have some honey with no tutin to blend them together until the entire lot is below the set limit. Honey taken off before 1 January does not need to be tested but I know for a fact that honeys can be over the legal limit before this date. Where I have hives levels have been very low this year or non-existent and I suspect in general it's has been a good year for low readings. Some years have certainly been a lot worse than this one and will be again. [/QUOTE]
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