PLANET OF THE CHIMPS #2

Monday, January 10, 2011

Honey laundering: The sour side of nature’s golden sweetener

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Do you know where your honey has been?





As crime sagas go, a scheme rigged by a sophisticated cartel of global traders has all the right blockbuster elements: clandestine movements of illegal substances through a network of co-operatives in Asia, a German conglomerate, jet-setting executives, doctored laboratory reports, high-profile takedowns and fearful turncoats.

What makes this worldwide drama unusual, other than being regarded as part of the largest food fraud in U.S. history, is the fact that honey, nature’s benign golden sweetener, is the lucrative contraband.





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Chimp at 1:34 PM
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