{"id":2040,"date":"2025-12-15T09:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:39:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T23:39:27","slug":"apimondia-released-important-calls-to-action-and-statements-during-the-49th-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/uncategorized\/apimondia-released-important-calls-to-action-and-statements-during-the-49th-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Apimondia released important calls to action and statements during the 49th Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\">On Immature Honey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Apimondia strongly opposes immature honey production<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immature honey production <b>breaches international honey standards<\/b> by harvesting before natural maturation and brings <b>negative impacts on honest beekeeping, pollination services and food security<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><b>Honey maturation is a bee-driven process <\/b>involving enzyme activity and water evaporation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Immature honey <b>risks fermentation, reduces quality, and harms beekeeping industry and consumer trust<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Detecting immature honey fraud requires t<b>raceability, audits, and economic analysis beyond just lab tests.<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/0005772X.2025.2557068\"><b>here<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1080\/0005772X.2025.2467474?needAccess=true\"><b>here<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\">Moratorium on Genetic Engineering of wild species&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Apimondia officially supports a global moratorium on the genetic engineering of wild species in natural ecosystems (Motion 133)<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This position aligns with Apimondia\u2019s commitment<b> to protect natural pollinator populations crucial for global food security.<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The moratorium, which has since been rejected, aimed <b>to prevent unknown and potentially irreversible impacts on biodiversity, pollinator health, and ecosystem balance.<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Still,<b> Apimondia calls for precautionary approaches prioritising conservation, restoration, and sustainable beekeeping practices <\/b>over genetic modification.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apimondia.org\/latest\/apimondia-supports-moratorium-on-genetically-engineering-wild-species-in-natural-ecosystems\"><b>here<\/b><\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-size:24px\">On Honey Adulteration&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><b>Apimondia, along BeeLife, EPBA and COPA-COGECA, signed a Joint Statement on Honey Adulteration.<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Honey adulteration is a complex global issue <b>lacking a single effective control measure<\/b>, thus requiring coordinated strategic actions and vulnerability assessments along the supply chain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is a <b>need for unified, clear international legal frameworks and standardised methods <\/b>for defining honey and detecting fraud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effective anti-fraud strategies combine<b> legal regulations, comprehensive traceability systems, robust auditing,<\/b> economic anomaly detection, and advanced multi-tool analytical testing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px\">An international task force involving all stakeholders is essential <b>to harmonise rules, map supply chains, identify fraud risks, and implement continuous monitoring and mitigation<\/b> to protect honey authenticity and consumer trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the 49th Apimondia Congress, Apimondia released several important calls to action addressing key challenges facing global beekeeping and food security. These include a strong opposition to immature honey production, a call for precaution regarding genetic engineering of wild species, and a joint international statement on combating honey adulteration. Together, these positions reaffirm Apimondia\u2019s commitment to protecting honey quality, honest beekeeping, biodiversity, and consumer trust worldwide.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2041,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news","category-president"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2309"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/rus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}