Question 140 — agri-food

Summary

Mr. Olivier Dussopt draws the attention of the Minister of Agriculture and Food to fraud concerning the exact origin of royal jelly. Until the 1970s, the production of royal jelly constituted a diversification with high added value for many French beekeepers, and for some of them the main production of their farm. Since then, royal jelly from abroad has overwhelmed the French market. This production, often coming from Asia, is most of the time sold without indication of origin and is therefore presented to the consumer as a French product. This situation created such unfair competition that French beekeepers had to abandon this production. While France consumes 350 tonnes of royal jelly per year, including 40 tonnes of fresh jelly, French beekeepers only market 2 tonnes per year. In addition, French beekeepers are confronted in this market with misleading statements concerning the origin of the product. Indeed, many products on sale are presented as French or in a manner suggesting so even though they are an imported product. Many consumers buy imported royal jelly without knowing it, even though they claim to attach great importance to the origin of the product (see the study “The royal jelly market in France” conducted by FranceAgriMer in 2015). Also, he asks what measures can be taken so that French beekeepers can produce quality royal jelly, without facing foreign competition and so that the exact origin can be appreciated by consumers.

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