Mānuka honey: Difference between revisions

The UMFHA trademarked a honey rating system called ''Unique Mānuka Factor'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unique Mānuka Factor (UMF) Grading System Explained |url=https://www.umf.org.nz/unique-manuka-factor/ |access-date=2022-02-11 |website=Unique Mānuka Factor Honey Association |language=en}}</ref> but there is a confusing range of competing rating systems for mānuka honeys. In one UK chain in 2013, two products were labeled "12+ active" and "30+ total activity" respectively for "naturally occurring peroxide activity", and another "active 12+" for "total phenol activity", yet none of the three were labeled for the strength of the non-peroxide antimicrobial activity specific to mānuka honey.<ref name="Foodfraudbuzz"/>

 

There have been increasing turf disputes between producers operating close to large mānuka tree clumps. Cases have been reported of many hives being variously [[Industrial espionage|sabotaged, poisoned, or stolen]].<ref name="Honeyfights">{{cite news |author=Mike Barrington |title=Honey fights: Millions of bees slaughtered |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10845682 |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=7 November 2012 |access-date=28 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/04/manuka-honey-wars-new-zealand-crime-booming-industry-poisoning-beatings|title=Honey wars: crime and killings in New Zealand's booming manuka industry|last=Ainge Roy|first=Eleanor|date=2016-11-04|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-10-29}}</ref>