{"id":520326,"date":"2025-05-21T15:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phytocontrol.com\/?p=520326"},"modified":"2026-03-13T14:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T13:38:19","slug":"bee-products-controlling-risks-to-guarantee-quality-and-authenticity-520326","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stagingphytocontrol.shdesign.fr\/en\/news\/bee-products-controlling-risks-to-guarantee-quality-and-authenticity-520326\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee products: controlling risks to guarantee quality and authenticity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><b>Bee products, which come directly from bees or from their processing of plant materials, play a valuable role in our diet and health. Honey, royal jelly, pollen, propolis, and beeswax: each of these treasures from the hive is subject to increasingly stringent quality and safety requirements.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>A closely monitored industry<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The bee product industry is governed by strict regulations at both the national and European levels. There are many health risks, including contamination by pesticides, the presence of drug residues, heavy metals, and PAHs, as well as the alteration of honey&#8217;s authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Phytocontrol&#8217;s offering for bee products<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Phytocontrol mobilizes all its expertise to support players in the industry in addressing these challenges, with know-how structured around:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li><b>Unrivalled analytical coverage<\/b>: more than 680 active substances tested for, including the five neonicotinoids recognized in France, heavy metals, drug residues (chloramphenicol, nitrofurans, aminoglycosides, etc.), PAHs, nitrates, nitrites, perchlorates, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, etc.<\/li> <li><b>Targeted and regulatory analyses<\/b>:<br> <ul> <li>Pesticide residues: compliance with <b>Regulation (EC) No. 396\/2005<\/b><\/li> <li>Medicinal residues: in accordance with <b>Regulation (EU) No. 37\/2010<\/b><\/li> <li>Lead content: regulated by <b>Regulation (EU) No. 2023\/915<\/b><\/li> <li>Honey quality: in accordance with <b>Directive 2001\/110\/EC<\/b><\/li> <li>Authenticity: detection of added sugars, verification of botanical and geographical origin, isotopic analyses, etc.<\/li> <\/ul> <\/li> <li><b>Local support<\/b>: on-site sample collection and a single point of contact for technical and regulatory advice.<\/li> <\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Accredited expertise<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Phytocontrol is accredited by COFRAC (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 agri-food sector, with a specific focus on bee products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Are you a producer, processor, or distributor of bee products?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trust our expertise to guarantee the safety, quality, and authenticity of your products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need technical, regulatory, or pricing information? Our customer service team is available Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to stay up to date with the latest Phytocontrol news, join us on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/laboratoire-phytocontrol\/\">LinkedIn<\/a> page!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bee products, which come directly from bees or from their processing of plant materials, play&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 plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bee products: controlling risks to guarantee quality and authenticity - 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