Pollen DNA metabarcoding reveals true origins of honey, according to study

June 15th, 2021

@AuManufacturing, Other, 10/06/2021
A new research published by Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and partners at the University of Melbourne and Curtin University, had found that DNA testing Australian honey can reveal where it was produced and its main floral sources. Postdoctoral Fellow with the Environomics Future Science Platform at CSIRO, Dr Liz Milla, said the findings could be used for a honey certification program to confirm the floral composition and provenance of commercial honey.

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