{"id":520326,"date":"2025-05-21T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=520326"},"modified":"2026-08-27T23:56:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:56:01","slug":"bee-products-controlling-risks-to-guarantee-quality-and-authenticity-520326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/news\/bee-products-controlling-risks-to-guarantee-quality-and-authenticity-520326\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee products: managing risks to guarantee quality and authenticity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bee products, derived directly from bees or from their processing of plant materials, hold a valuable place in our diet and health. Honey, royal jelly, pollen, propolis or wax: each of these treasures of the hive is subject to increasingly stringent quality and safety requirements.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <b>A sector under close scrutiny<\/b><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The bee products sector is governed by strict regulations, both nationally and at European level. Health risks are numerous: pesticide contamination, presence of veterinary drug residues, heavy metals, PAHs, or alteration of honey authenticity.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Phytocontrol offer for bee products<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phytocontrol mobilises all its expertise to support industry players in managing these challenges, with expertise structured around:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Unmatched analytical coverage<\/strong>: more than 680 active substances tested for, including the 5 neonicotinoids recognised in France, heavy metals, veterinary drug residues (chloramphenicol, nitrofurans, aminoglycosides\u2026), PAHs, nitrates, nitrites, perchlorates, pyrrolizidine alkaloids\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Targeted and regulatory analyses<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pesticide residues: compliance with <strong>Regulation (EC) 396\/2005<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Veterinary drug residues: according to <strong>Regulation (EU) 37\/2010<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lead content: governed by <strong>Regulation (EU) 2023\/915<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honey quality: according to <strong>Directive (EU) 2001\/110<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authenticity: detection of added sugars, verification of botanical and geographical origin, isotopic analyses\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Close support<\/strong>: on-site sample collection and a single point of contact for technical and regulatory advice.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Accredited expertise<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phytocontrol is accredited by <strong>COFRAC<\/strong> (scope available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cofrac.fr\">www.cofrac.fr<\/a>) and has one of the most comprehensive scopes in France in the food sector, with a specific focus on bee products.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Are you a producer, processor or distributor of bee products?<\/strong><br\/>Trust our expertise to guarantee the safety, quality and authenticity of your products.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Need technical, regulatory or pricing information? Our customer service is available from 8am to 6.30pm, Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And to keep up with all Phytocontrol news, follow us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/laboratoire-phytocontrol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a> page!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.phytocontrol.com\/en\/full-form\/\">CONTACT US<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee products, derived directly from bees or from their processing of plant materials, hold a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":520315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - 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