| Number | "_JRC 2024_02.44 |
| Type of message | alert |
| Date of first message | 21.02.2024 |
| Announcement was made by | Brazil (BR) |
| Description | In the "Operation Xaropel II" the Federal Police seized 8 000 bottles of adulterated honey and dismantled a criminal organisation selling 15 tons per month of sugar syrups as real honey, with a profit margin of 2 000%. |
| Product category | honey and royal jelly |
| Article | honey |
| Hazard | substitution |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Distribution | Brazil |
| Quantity (market) | 8.000 bottles |
| Investigation results | substitution |
| Remarks | food fraud notification from the monthly summary of articles on Food Fraud and Adulteration |
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