Australia and New Zealand at loggerheads over manuka honey trademark
by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin from Environment | The Guardian on (#3D2XQ)
Australian beekeepers have challenged a UK ruling giving their trans-Tasman rivals sole rights to use the coveted term
A trans-Tasman fight has erupted over which country has the right to claim lucrative manuka honey as its own.
Manuka honey is produced from bees feeding on the pollen of the Leptospermum scoparium plant; known as "manuka" in New Zealand, and "tea tree" in Australia.
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