adulteration

Apimondia - the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations - said in a statement that the change was "necessitated by the inability to have honey fully tested for adulteration".

This is known as "food adulteration," and products with known or suspected adulteration are refused entry into the U.S.

On the face of it, it appeared like a matter of food adulteration - something that authorities in India routinely grapple with.

"It could not come at a more important time, the adulteration risks of the illegal drug market have never been greater," said The Loop founder, Prof Fiona Measham.

A law preventing unadvertised adulteration was eventually passed in 1875 in the form of The Sale of Food and Drugs Act.