A Canadian system for detecting fraudulent honey

我们的最终目标是为加拿大蜂蜜生产商和监管机构提供一种检测假蜂蜜的诊断测试。这项测试将能够用来证明商店里出售的蜂蜜是真正由蜜蜂生产的蜂蜜，以及蜂蜜来自世界哪个地区。该测试将包括使用两种不同的分析方法测量样本，然后将分析结果与数千个真实的、经过确认的蜂蜜样本进行比较。该测试的主要三个组成部分是：a)收集蜂蜜样本数据的方法，b)蜂蜜库，以及c)将数据与库进行比较所需的软件。在本项目结束时，方法和软件将被任何适当配备的分析实验室使用。

Our ultimate goal is to provide, to Canadian honey producers and regulators, a diagnostic test for detecting fraudulent honey. This test will be able to be used to certify that honey sold in stores is truly honey produced by bees, as well as which region of the world the honey came from. The test will involve measuring a sample using two different analytical methods, then comparing the results of that analysis against a library of thousands of real, confirmed honey samples. The main three components of this test will be: a) the methods for collecting data on a honey sample, b) the library of honeys, and c) the software needed to compare the data to the library. At the end of this project the methods and the software will be usable by any appropriately equipped analytical laboratory.