Honey & Eggs, why buy local verses at Walmart? Alamogordo Town News Special Business Report

When you buy local honey, you are getting authentic honey: According to the FDA (as well as the food safety divisions of the World Health Organization and the European Commission), the one test that authenticates honey is the presence of pollen. If the liquid gold does not contain pollen, it is not honey. This prompted Food Safety News to test more than 60 different samples of store-bought honey for pollen. The results were damning: 76% OF GROCERY STORE “HONEY” HAD NO POLLEN IN IT! When buying from drug stores like Walgreens, Rite Aid, and CVS, the failure rate went as high as 100%! Here are the facts per the Alliance on American Manufacturing specific to Walmart: 95 Percent vs. 20 Percent Walmart China “firmly believes” in local sourcing with over 95 percent of their merchandise coming from local sources. In America, estimates say that Chinese suppliers make up 70-80 percent of Walmart’s merchandise, leaving less than 20 percent for American-made products... This episode is also available as a blog post :https://2ndlifemediaalamogordo.town.news/g/alamogordo-nm/n/31910/alamogordo-business-spotlight-honey-eggs-why-buy-local-roadrunner-emporium