In order to protect domestic producers, as well as consumers that use this foodstuff daily, the Republic Food Safety Inspection is conducting a monitoring of honey being marketed in retail shops at the Republic of Srpska market.

Laboratory testing of honey is conducted as well as a part of the inspection, and while taking samples inspectors pay special attention to retail price of honey, i.e. they always sample products with lower prices, which can be a basis for suspicion in the quality.

Bearing in mind the measures that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska is taking aimed at incentivising beekeeping as an important branch of agriculture and providing support to domestic producers, inspection services with their activities also provide strong support to domestic agricultural production.

The aim of inspection work is to ensure that quality and safe food is sold at the domestic market, and to prevent every negative occurrence that represents disloyal competition to domestic producers. After the analyses are completed, the public will be timely informed on the results and measures taken.

We recommend to consumers to buy honey only from registered producers, and in that was giver their contribution and support to local beekeepers, and appeal to them to report to the inspection services the cases in which they have information on sale of honey with suspicious quality, without a declaration and outside points of sale.