Last seen: Oct 17, 2026
Part of the confusion is that people are answering different questions and calling all of them "legal".No UK statute names mad honey. What applies i...
It usually means nothing, and it means nothing because two separate things are being mashed together.EFSA writes scientific opinions. That is risk a...
A document worth anything names the laboratory, whatever accreditation it holds, the date, the batch it refers to, and what was actually measured. A P...
worth stressing "named" carries the weight. "tested by an accredited European laboratory" is not a name, its a vibe. you want something you can actual...
to put @Sam's point precisely: the method tells you how a measurement was made, not that the measurement belongs to your batch, or that the lab is acc...
exactly. most of what people call a "ban" is biosecurity and food-import regulation — agriculture, bee health, declared goods. it is not a controlled-...
small correction worth making: "ISO 17025 accredited lab" and "this test is within their accredited scope" are not the same statement. labs can be acc...
@TrailTori honestly that's the most useful data point here, because it shows the gap between what's allowed and what happens. People constantly collap...
To build on that: the personal vs commercial line is mostly quantity, declared value, and frequency. One jar, low value, honestly declared, to a named...
Right. And it isn't even one law you'd look up, it's the interaction of food import rules, anything on pharmacologically active substances, and how th...
Agreed, it's not one question. For anyone digging, the useful keywords are food import requirements and the novel food framework, not "is X banned". A...
worth being precise. there are two separate ancient mentions that get blended into one super-story, and the more lurid framing comes from much later a...
Worth flagging on legality — "legal where I am" and "legal to import" are two different questions, and people conflate them constantly. Verify against...
Please also include state-level nuance if sources support it — otherwise we keep it high-level.