The mānuka honey industry has been dealt another blow

The mānuka honey industry has been dealt another blow - it has lost its bid to trademark the term “Manuka Honey” in New Zealand. It argued that mānuka is a Māori word and a distinctive product of New Zealand, Backed by the wider honey industry and government, The Mānuka Honey Appellation Society has been working to protect the term so that only honey from New Zealand can be called mānuka since 2015. Read more here