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11/19/13 — Food Navigator — True Source Honey considers manufacturer-specific verification system
9/19/13 — Bloomberg Businessweek — The Honey Launderers: Uncovering the Largest Food Fraud in U.S. History
2/20/13 — U.S. Department of Justice — Two Companies and Five Individuals Charged with Roles in Illegal Honey Imports; Avoided $180 Million in Antidumping Duties
2/15/13 — Groeb Honey Farms Case - Deferred Prosecution Agreement
2/15/13 — Honey Holding I, d/b/a Honey Solutions Case - Deferred Prosecution Agreement
2/12/13 — Don Couture Case - Indictment
4/16/12 — Plea Agreements Filed in Wolff Case: Giesselbach and Von Buddenbrock
1/18/12 — Honey Smuggling Indictment - 13,000 Drums of Chinese Honey Seized
11/29/11 — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — The investigation revealed that Chou and his associates, successfully imported 900 containers of rice fructose over the past two years. Many more seizures are expected in the continuing investigation.
11/25/11 — The Salt (NPR's Food Blog) — Relax, Folks. It Really Is Honey After All
5/24/11 — United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Divison — 2,441 drums of honey will be destroyed by authorities
2/17/11 — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — Chinese honey importer arrested for allegedly evading US import duties - A Chinese business agent for several honey import companies was arrested in Los Angeles on federal charges filed in Chicago for allegedly conspiring to illegally import Chinese-origin honey that was falsely identified to avoid U.S. anti-dumping duties.
1/16/11 — All Gov — USDA Cracks Down on Honey Laundering — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is continuing its pursuit of illegal, and sometimes dangerous, imports of foreign honey into the United States.
11/12/10 — True Source Honey Will Launch Certification Program To Help Stem the Tide of Illegal Honey – The True Source Honey Initiative is pleased to announce that it is launching a Certified True Source Honey Traceability Programstarting in 2011.
9/1/10 — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — 11 individuals, 6 companies indicted for alleged global conspiracy to illegally import Chinese honey – Plot allegedly avoided paying nearly $80 million in U.S. antidumping duties; Some honey allegedly "adulterated" with antibiotics.
8/4/10 — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — Taiwanese honey importer pleads guilty to conspiring to evade US import duties – A Taiwanese executive of several honey import companies pleaded guilty to conspiring to avoid more than $5 million in U.S. anti-dumping duties by illegally importing Chinese-origin honey that was falsely identified as coming from South Korean, Taiwan, Thailand and India.
7/1/10 — Washington Post — Influence Industry: U.S. honey industry asks FDA for national purity standard - The U.S. honey industry asks the federal government for help amid lower domestic honey production and a flood of cheap imports from China.
6/12/10 — The Hill — Schumer: 'Honey laundering' a sticky problem that needs FDA intervention.
6/11/10 — NPR’s Health Blog — FDA Seizes Tainted Chinese Honey After Sen. Schumer Raises Fuss.
6/10/10 — Wall Street Journal — A Bee in Schumer's Bonnet: Honey Laundering – New York Senator Charles Schumer argues that Chinese companies are ducking tariffs imposed on Chinese honey exports and he calls for a national "standard of identity" for honey.