INVESTIGATION OF PESTICIDES AND HEAVY METALS FROM DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF HONEY

Abstract

Bee products are essential natural resources in promoting a healthy diet with very important therapeutic properties, therefore they are used in medicine and cosmetics. That is why we set out to determine the degree of contamination with organic and inorganic pollutants in various bee products. For this purpose, different samples of honey were investigated, as follows: linden honey from Romanian accredited beekeepers (1); linden honey from H Company (2); linden honey from A Company (3) and acacia honey from accredited beekeepers (4). The concentrations of eight pesticides and five heavy metals were analyzed in the four honey samples taken. According to experimental data, there have been identified honey varieties in which the maximum permissible limits for pesticides (A Company) and heavy metals (H Company) were exceeded. As a result, a more rigorous control is required regarding the honey assortments sold on the market for consumer safety.