Biosecurity
The Mite a Certificate Can’t Stop
A parasite that could break commercial beekeeping is moving toward North America. Canada’s main line of defence is a certificate…
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Honey
The Currency of Trust: We Police Banknotes But Ignore Our Food
There is a beehive carved into the Bank of England’s own iconography. It has been there a long time. The…
Honey
Ottawa Just Put $3 Billion on the Table for Food. Is Any of it for Bees?
Short answer: not by name — the new National Food Security Strategy doesn’t mention bees, honey or pollination once. But…
Honey
The Paradox of “Natural”
How did the world’s GMO-soy superpower also become its top supplier of organic honey? This piece traces how Brazilian “organic”…
Honey Fraud
Honey Testing Starts With Identity
Better lab tests won’t stop honey fraud while the rules still leave “honey” loosely defined. This piece argues that real…
Honey
The Integrity of Imported Organic Honey: A Regulatory Brief
Most of the organic honey on Canadian shelves is imported — and the single condition that makes it organic, a…
Biosecurity
September Briefing
The Canadian beekeeping industry underpins more than $43 billion in annual agricultural value, yet a pattern of federal regulatory failure…
Honey
Made in Canada?
“Product of Canada” and “Made in Canada” are not the same claim — and the gap between them is where…
Biosecurity
CFIA Risk Mitigation Submission
Canada has barred package honey bees from the United States since 1987. This submission to the CFIA argues that the…
Biosecurity
CFIA Submission
The following documents have been submitted to CFIA or are included for your imformation and compiled into a single PDF…