Declaration concerning the withdrawal of wild honey

The antibiotic ciprofloxacin was detected in the forest honey with DMT 04042025 during the control operation. We have checked purchased honeys outside Europe for this antibiotic - always with negative results. We did not check European honeys for ciprofloxacin because this antibiotic is not used in Europe for the treatment of bees, according to long-term monitoring by laboratories. However, the current situation has changed and, according to new laboratory monitoring, ciprofloxacin has started to appear in some European honey samples.

Immediately after this discovery, we ordered analyses for ciprofloxacin for all batches produced in 2023. Subsequent production checks revealed that ciprofloxacin was present in one batch of purchased European honey. Ciprofloxacin was detected in forest honeys of batches 21032025, 04042025 and 15052025. These batches are now being immediately withdrawn from the market. If you have these batches at home, we ask you to return them via the retail chain where you purchased the honey.

The amount of ciprofloxacin found in the honey does not pose any health risk to consumers as the level measured is well below the permitted limit of this antibiotic for meat, milk and offal for products of animal origin. According to the legislation in force, honey is a health hazard but not a health risk.

Other batches of flower, lime and forest honeys produced are negative for all antibiotics, so other honey in the shops is fine. We have immediately extended the analysis of our honeys to all antibiotics found in the honeys so far, so that we can guarantee the quality and safety of our products. We apologise for the above failure and promise to improve our control mechanisms so that such a failure never happens again in the future.

Ing. Milan Špaček, Managing Director