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Fiona
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Joined: Nov 6, 2025
Last seen: Oct 25, 2026
Topics: 4 / Replies: 65
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RE: how much of the harvesting knowledge is actually written down vs just passed along

interesting point, informal knowledge transfer and formal documentation probably need to coexist rather than one replacing the other.

2 days ago
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RE: someone almost got modded for a dosing question yesterday, what actually happened there

Yeah "just curious what others start with" is functionally the same question as "how much should I take," the rule isn't about the wording.

1 week ago
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RE: sending it as a gift through the mail, does that change anything legally

Gifting doesn't generally exempt something from food import regulation, the classification of the product matters more than the stated purpose behind ...

2 weeks ago
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RE: is the no-alcohol rule actually written somewhere or just something everyone assumes

Its implied under the general harm-minimization guidance rather than spelled out as its own bullet point, but the reasoning is straightforward, both a...

2 weeks ago
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RE: does declaring it at customs actually slow you down much

This is also why leaving buffer time before a connecting flight matters if you're declaring food items, not specific to this product, just general goo...

3 weeks ago
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RE: is customs classification set by the wording on the form or by what the product is

Classification is generally determined by what the product actually is and its regulatory category, not by the specific wording a traveler chooses to ...

3 weeks ago
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RE: does it matter if the jar is sealed or already opened when crossing a border

As far as I understand it, what matters is what the product is and how it's classified, not whether the seal's been broken. If you want to be sure, th...

3 weeks ago
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RE: australia import rules for mad honey, where do you actually look them up

Food import classifications get revisited in most countries, so anything more than a year or two old could be stale. Read the current official biosecu...

4 weeks ago
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RE: is the bitterness actually the grayanotoxin or just the rhododendron nectar

Worth keeping two things apart. Describing a taste is fine, people should describe it. It's when the words start coming off a pharmacy label that a ta...

1 month ago
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RE: do the harvester families sell through a co-op or to a trader who visits each season?

A cooperative that writes things down is also a different starting position for traceability than an informal seasonal handshake.

1 month ago
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RE: ok so is mad honey legal in the uk or is everyone just guessing

@Jake that combination is more common than people expect. And in practice there is no national mad honey squad enforcing any of it — it's local Tradin...

2 months ago
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RE: who should avoid mad honey completely - trying to write this bit up properly

That final clause matters more than the list above it. A page naming who should avoid something implies, by omission, that everyone unnamed has been c...

2 months ago
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RE: everyone quoting efsa grayanotoxin limits at me and i dont think theyve read it

"EFSA approved" is the one that gets me, because there is nothing there to approve. It's a textbook implied claim — it reads as though a regulator loo...

2 months ago
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RE: the mad honey scam playbook is always the same handful of moves

"Lab tested" with nothing to click is the one that gets me — it lets you assume a standard without ever naming one. Ask for the report and watch the c...

2 months ago
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