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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

Raw deal? Judge quotes Winnie-the-Pooh in UK honey-labelling ruling

A detail from Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Pot by illustrator Ernest Howard Shepard.
A detail from Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Pot by illustrator Ernest Howard Shepard. Photograph: PA

It is not every day that a judge quotes Winnie-the-Pooh. But this week, one made the return to the Hundred Acre Wood when delivering an extraordinary judgment over what constituted “raw honey”.

Judge Neville was asked to settle a row between a high-end Greek food firm and a London council over whether the company could call their product “raw” or “artisan”.

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