At one time‚ South Africa produced all the honey it consumed‚ and banned imports‚ however now about 70 percent of honey in the marketplace is imported‚ nearly all of it from China‚ in keeping with the Agricultural Research Council. Fundamental testing of relative amounts of sugar‚ water content and acidity of honey will be done in South Africa‚ however to test if the sugars present in honey are derived from plant nectars and collected by bees‚ and never from sugar cane or corn syrup as a substitute requires refined testing‚ which may only be accomplished in labs overseas.
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