“The European Beekeeping Association (EBA), which includes more than 420,000 beekeepers from 31 countries, was surprised to read the news that Croatia has limited the retail price of honey to 5.70 for 900 g (https://www.agroklub.com/pcelarstvo/pcelari-ogorceni-odustaju-od-prodaje-pitaju-kome-se-ide-na-ruku-ograničenjem-cijene-meda/108547/).
(https://www.vecernji.hr/barkod/pcelari-vladi-ogranicenom-cijenom-meda-otvorili-ste-police-prevarantima-1910717)
This price does not even cover all the production costs of honey in Europe, so the EBA absolutely supports Croatian beekeepers in their demands to remove this price from the list of products with limited prices.
The EBA advocates that honey be purchased from local beekeepers and that counterfeit honey, which according to the EU Commission represents 46% of the European market, be removed from the market. Such price regulation does not support local beekeepers, but will lead to more counterfeit honey appearing on the market, which is the only one available at such prices! We consume honey to improve our health, but counterfeit honey, which is mostly sugar syrup and has never been seen by bees, can even be harmful to our health”! -said the President of EBA Mr. Boštjan Noč.