§4403 Honey Transshipment

Summary

The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection must assign people and use agency resources to stop honey imports that break U.S. customs and trade laws. The Commissioner must build a database of features of honey from other countries to help check labels that say where honey came from. In making the database, the Commissioner must work with foreign customs agencies, the honey industry, and the Commissioner of Food and Drugs. Within 180 days after February 24, 2016, the Commissioner must send Congress a report that explains limits in lab testing for telling where honey came from or how much honey is in a sample, and give recommendations to improve those tests. Congress also says the Food and Drug Administration should quickly create a national standard for what counts as honey so Customs can properly set duties and block imports that threaten consumer health.