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  • If Your Child Swallows A Button Battery, Honey Might Help

    If Your Child Swallows A Button Battery, Honey Might Help

    Coin cell or “button” batteries are small, shiny, and feel tingly on the tongue. If you’re a toddler, that puts them into the category of “belongs in my mouth”. But a swallowed button battery can begin burning a hole through a kid’s oesophagus in hours, causing pain, severe injury, and sometimes complications leading to death.


  • The Manuka Honey Fight Is One We Have To Have

    The current row about the certification of Manuka honey, and whether it is a distinctly New Zealand product, is just the latest dispute involving Geographical Indications (GIs). These are markers that products have special qualities due to their origins in a specific region, like Champagne. There is a debate as to whether a registered GI…


  • Counterfeit Foods, And How To Spot Them

    Counterfeit Foods, And How To Spot Them

    That Parmesan cheese is actually wood, that honey has corn syrup and the cake is a lie. There’s no guarantee the food you’re buying at the store is what it says it is, so keep an eye out for these usual suspects if you don’t want to waste your money on fake, inferior products.