Articulo publicado en Australia sobre Nitrofuranos
"El director ejecutivo del Consejo de la industria apícola australiana (Australian Honey Bee Industry Council, AHBIC), Stephen Ware, hizo comentarios sobre la miel importada, diciendo que la mayor parte de las mieles están dentro de los límites internacionalmente aceptados". -"Los Nitrofuranos son antibióticos ampliamente utilizados para tratar la Cistitis en las mujeres. La prescripción normal para un paciente es de 50 mg diarios. Una persona debería comer 250.000 frascos de miel conteniendo 1 Ppb de Nitrofuranos para alcanzar la misma dosis. De hecho, de acuerdo a los estándares alimentarios de Australia Nueva Zelanda (FSANZ) uno podría comer 70 frascos de miel conteniendo 1 ppb de Nitrofuranos cada día, por el resto de la vida, sin sufrir ningún efecto negativo."
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Articulo Original
Industry responds to television reporting
Tests conclude imported honey meets world standards of food safety
Honey sold and for sale on supermarket shelves satisfies all regulatory requirements both in Australia and overseas.
Tabloid-style television reports that were clearly targeting Australian honey consumers by citing test results for the presence of the antibiotic, nitrofuran, have actually given the all-clear for honey imported into Australia.
Australian Honey Bee Industry Council (AHBIC) Executive Director, Stephen Ware says the report on last night’s edition of Today Tonight indicated that most of the honey tested by the program fell well within internationally accepted limits.
"Most of the honey tests reported on by Today Tonight was well below one part per billion (1 ppb), which is the European Union’s Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for nitrofuran in food.
"Four of the five tests gave results below 1 ppb while the fifth test was marginally above 1 ppb. This clearly means that honey on Australian shelves is entirely safe for consumers.
Nitrofurans are antibiotics that are widely used in the treatment of cystitis in women. A doctor typically prescribes a daily dose of 50 mg of nitrofuran for a patient. A person would have to eat 250,000 jars of honey containing 1 ppb of nitrofuran to have the same dose.
"In fact, according to Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) you could eat 70 jars of honey containing 1 ppb of nitrofuran every day, for the rest of your life without any negative effect.
"Far from covering anything up as alleged in the program produced by Today Tonight journalist, David Richardson, the Australian honey industry was responsible for notifying Australian regulatory authorities, FSANZ and the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS), of reports about nitrofurans.
"Argentina instituted a testing program to ensure honey exported to Australia and other countries is now free of nitrofurans. This testing is in addition to that undertaken by Australian importers.
The Australian honey industry is totally committed to producing and selling a clean, green and safe product," Mr Ware said.
"Since the presence of nitrofurans in Argentine honey was uncovered, AHBIC has been working with FSANZ and AQIS to ensure that honey imported into Australia is absolutely safe and free of nitrofurans," Mr Ware said.
Articulo de Internet publicado en : http://www.honeybee.org.au/dec-jan04.html