On the US side the vagueness is usually deliberate — "wild mountain honey", no origin, no net weight you can check. That's a decision, not sloppiness.

a lot of it is people confusing two different things. "this product type is illegal to possess" vs "there are rules about importing honey across a bor...

from the import side, a seller who knows what theyre doing will say rules and paperwork differ by country and some things can get held. the ones promi...

@MayaW not dumb at all, its kind of the whole ballgame. roughly: commercial means its for sale, which drags in way more paperwork, possible duties, fo...

@Jake reddit tells you a lot of things. from the import side (i deal more with the US but the logic carries) the product almost never gets banned by n...

US buyer perspective: import documentation matters too. A seller who can show you a phytosanitary certificate or USDA import records is a different le...

From the buyer side: I've tried both. The direct-from-Nepal purchase I made was cheaper but the CoA was from a lab I couldn't independently verify, an...

In the US, it’s confusing because “legal” and “allowed to market with certain claims” are different things. People mix those up constantly.