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MĀNUKA HONEY SCIENCE DEFINITION The Ministry for Primary Industries
NEW ZEALAND BEEKEEPER, MAY 2017
TEST FOR MULTIFLORAL MĀNUKA HONEY The test for multifloral mānuka honey requires all of the five attributes. If the honey fails to meet 1 or more of the attributes, it is non-mānuka.
TEST FOR MONOFLORAL MĀNUKA HONEY The test for monofloral mānuka honey requires all of the five attributes. If the honey fails to meet 1 or more of the attributes, it is not monofloral mānuka honey – see test for multifloral mānuka honey.
TEST #1: CHEMICAL TEST
TEST #1: CHEMICAL TEST
The following chemicals all need to be present:
The following chemicals all need to be present:
A combination of five attributes (4 chemicals,
3-Phenyllactic acid at a level greater than or equal to 400 mg/kg
3-Phenyllactic acid at a level greater than or equal to 20 mg/kg but less than 400 mg/kg
1 DNA marker from mānuka pollen) are
2’-Methoxyacetophenone at a level greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg
2’-Methoxyacetophenone at a level greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg
required to authenticate monofloral and multifloral mānuka honey. These attributes can be identified using two laboratory tests.
2-Methoxybenzoic acid at a level greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg
2-Methoxybenzoic acid at a level greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg
4-Hydroxyphenyllactic acid at a level greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg
4-Hydroxyphenyllactic acid at a level greater than or equal to 1 mg/kg
TEST #2: DNA TEST
TEST #2: DNA TEST
DNA from mānuka pollen (*DNA level required is less than Cq 36, which is approximately 3 fg/µL)
DNA from mānuka pollen (*DNA level required is less than Cq 36, which is approximately 3 fg/µL)
SUMMARY OF PROPOSED REQUIREMENTS in the Draft Animal Products Notice: General Export Requirements for Bee Products for participants in the honey export chain
MARKET (doesnotapply toNZ)
BEEKEEPER
EXTRACTOR
PACKER
EXPORTER
Official Assurance countries
Honey is fit for purpose (e.g, no sugar feeding during harvest season, no AFB, no brood comb extraction) If not currently on the MPI beekeeper list, you may need to be listed in order to export
Only source beeproducts from beekeepers who are listed or are exempt from listing by the Notice
Any claims about mānuka content must comply with MPI’s mānuka honey definition Ensure other marking and representation on packages are true to label and not misleading
Comply with requirements in relation to the labelling, marking and representation of monofloral or multifloral mānuka honey Comply with requirements in relation to information to be included in export certificate requests raised for monofloral or multifloral mānuka honey consignments
Operate under a Risk Management Programme (Animal Products Act)
Check and sign each harvest declaration from a beekeeper
Mark each honey super with an MPI accepted form of identification
Honey is not adulterated after extraction
Provide transfer documentation for transfer of bee products to another operator (AP e-Cert)
Keep traceability records (apiary site, movement of hives and where necessary, supers)
Honey packed in retail packages prior to commencement of Notice with mānuka on the label may still be exported to a country that does not require an official assurance for up to 6 months after date of commencement of the Notice
Keep records for at least 4 years and make them available to MPI within 24 hours of a request: eg: harvest declarations, transfer documents, test results etc If honey is tested before the Notice comes into effect, the results can only be used for official assurances if the laboratory performing the tests was MPI-recognised for the relevant approved test method
Provide harvest declarations (for every delivery to operator who extracts honey)
Operate under a Risk Management Programme (Animal Products Act)
HAVE YOUR SAY consultation on
proposed changes closes on Tuesday, 23 May 2017 at 5pm. Visit www.mpi.govt.nz
If you are going to export honey, test samples in an MPI recognised laboratory and then check the test results meet MPI’s mānuka honey science definition
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