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You seem to have missed the bits about Chinese honey being commonly collected and processed in non-standard ways (machine dried, it said) that lead to inferior
by Steuard 13y ago
You seem to have missed the bits about Chinese honey being commonly collected and processed in non-standard ways (machine dried, it said) that lead to inferior taste, which was then covered up with various additives. Also the bits about Chinese honey often containing residues of antibiotics that are banned in US food.
So I read "artificially low prices" not as "dumping below cost" but rather "cutting costs by ignoring legally required quality controls".
- justincormack 13y agoWhy not ban non-standard honey then, not Chinese honey? I am sure some real honey is made in China.
- malandrew 13y agoChina has notoriously poor food standards and regulations, and only enforces them when they need to have some heads roll because the public is outraged. Business culture in mainland China is also strongly a "caveat emptor" market, so every buyer is left to their own devices to perform due diligence when purchasing something. In the US, regular inspections and regulations keep things mostly orthodox, and while irregularities happen in US food manufacturer, they are far and few between relative to China. With that in mind, what would be reasonable if providing an exception to the tariff, if, and only if, the Chinese honey manufacturer can demonstrate provably that their honey and manufacturing meet high standards. This should apply everywhere. If these manufacturers were employing better manufacturing methods, their honey prices would probably be more inline with US prices.