QUALITY FEATURES
The products of company «World of Ingredients» are certificated according to the standards of DSTU 4497: 2005 «Natural honey» and correspond to Directive of ЕU about honey № 2001/110/ЕC of 20.12.2001.
Our company cooperates with external laboratories to control the quality of the products:
- SCIVP (State Scientific-Research Control Institute of Veterinary Medicinal Products and Feed Additives (Lviv, Ukraine));
- Quality Services International GmbH (Bremen, Germany);
- Eurofins GeneScan GmbH (Freiburg, Germany);
- Intertek Food Services GmbH (Bremen, Germany).
Poly-blossom honey of “World of Ingredients” corresponds to the next quality standards:
- Moisture content – max 18%;
- Diastase activity – not less than 15 Shade units;
- HMF content (hydroxymethylfurfural) – max 10 mg/kg;
- Acidity – not more than 40 Mol/kg;
- Sucrose content – max 5%;
- Without bits and pieces of antibiotics and synthetic substances of antibiotic action;
- Without bits and pieces of veterinary preparations for bees;
- Without bits and pieces of pesticides, radionuclides and heavy metals;
- Proline — min 300 mg/kg;
- Unadulterated, without the signs of fermentation, without mechanical admixtures.
HONEY QUALITY CONTROL PARAMETERS
| PESTICIDES, ANTIBIOTICS | ALLOWABLE LEVEL | CONTROL METHOD |
|---|
Pesticides: (on dry weight basis), mg/kg, not more than
| DDT (sum of isomers) | 0,005 | МУ №4120-86 [1] |
| Hexachloride (sum of isomers) | 0,005 | МУ №4120-86 [1] |
Antibiotics: (on dry weight basis), not more than
| Tetracycline, units/g | Not allowed | МУ №3049 [2] |
| Streptomycin, units/g | Not allowed | МУ №3049 [2] |
| Laevomycitin (chloramphenicol), mcg/kg | 0,3 | МВ №15-14/320 [3] |
| Nitrofuran (АОZ), mcg/kg | 0,6 | МВ N 34 [4] |
| Nitrofuran (АMОZ), mcg/kg | 0,6 | МВ N 34 [5] |