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Roman Travers: Australian Mānuka Honey?
What are you having on your toast this morning? Hopefully it’s some delicious Australian mānuka honey.
If we don’t win the ongoing battle with Australia to claim the word mānuka as specifically unique to New Zealand, then we may well be having Aussie mānuka honey on our toast and letting Australian producers have their way.
There is a group of New Zealand honey producers who’ve not given up. They’re still working to trademark the term mānuka honey and they’ve refiled court proceedings in the UK and EU.
This isn’t just some backyard group of apiary enthusiasts . They’re being backed by the…
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