Austria Trials DNA Testing To Uncover Honey Fraud

Source: International Business Times

Only a few European laboratories run DNA analysis to test honey AFP At a laboratory in Austria's mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition -- and in some cases to determine whether they have been adulterated. With fake honey flooding markets, and only a few European laboratories running such analysis, the small Austrian company Sinsoma began offering the tests two years ago. "It is really something new for the honey market," said Corinna Wallinger, head of sales at Sinsoma.