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Reminder about the risks from toxic honey

27 March 2008

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) today reminded people to continue to be careful about eating comb honey purchased from the Coromandel Peninsula since early January this year.

Consumers should check with the supplier that the harvested comb honey met all food safety requirements. If in any doubt about comb honey, NZFSA recommends that people do not eat it.

NZFSA is also advising people that if they feel they might have suffered an illness associated with honey, to contact the Waikato District Health Board’s helpline on 0800 276 216 for information and advice.

The two brands of comb honey produced by Projen Apiaries are Wentworth Valley and Moana Point, as pictured below. There are a number of containers of this honey still unaccounted for and NZFSA is keen to locate them. Consumers who may have already eaten these products or disposed of them are also asked to contact the 0800 helpline with details.

Three outlets in Whangamata sold the honey: Quarry Orchard, Valley Orchards and Meat at the Beach.

The number of suspected cases is now 17.

For further information contact: Sandra Daly, NZFSA Deputy Chief Executive, 029 894 2503 or check NZFSA’s website: www.nzfsa.govt.nz/consumers/chemicals-toxins-additives/honey

For further comment contact: Jim Sim, Senior Programme Manager (Animal Products), 029 894 2609

For further health information, contact: Amy Thomsen, Media and Communications, Waikato District Health Board, 021 712 663