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Selon les apiculteurs, comme l'a rapport\u00e9 le magazine Capital Press, les r\u00e8gles actuelles permettent au miel d'\u00eatre \u00e9tiquet\u00e9 comme biologique aux \u00c9tats-Unis alors m\u00eame qu'il ne r\u00e9pondrait pas aux crit\u00e8res de certification biologique selon les normes am\u00e9ricaines. La principale pr\u00e9occupation est que les normes biologiques du Canada sont plus souples que celles des \u00c9tats-Unis, tout en \u00e9tant consid\u00e9r\u00e9es comme \u00e9quivalentes \u00e0 des fins commerciales. Selon les apiculteurs am\u00e9ricains, cela cr\u00e9e une concurrence d\u00e9loyale et entra\u00eene des pertes de march\u00e9 pour les producteurs de miel nationaux.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lire la suite dans <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalpress.com\/2026\/08\/05\/u-s-beekeepers-challenge-rules-for-organic-honey-imports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Capital Press<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les apiculteurs am\u00e9ricains contestent les r\u00e8gles du D\u00e9partement de l'Agriculture des \u00c9tats-Unis (USDA) concernant les importations de miel biologique, all\u00e9guant qu'elles sont trop laxistes. 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Selon les apiculteurs am\u00e9ricains, cela cr\u00e9e une concurrence d\u00e9loyale et entra\u00eene des pertes de march\u00e9 pour les producteurs de miel nationaux.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"U.S. beekeepers are challenging the USDA&#039;s rules for organic honey imports, alleging that they are too weak. According to beekeepers, as reported by Capital Press magazine, the current rules allow honey to be labeled as organic in the United States even though it would not qualify for organic certification under U.S. standards. 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According to U.S. beekeepers, this creates unfair competition and results in market losses for domestic honey producers.","twitter:creator":"@apimondia","twitter:image":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/apimondia-logo-small-1.webp"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"3521","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"featured","og_image_url":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/usda-organic-logo.jpg","og_image_width":"1600","og_image_height":"836","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":{"subject":"","preview":"","content":""},"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2026-08-06 20:37:44","updated":"2026-08-07 04:05:29","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/\" title=\"Highlights\">Highlights<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tUS Beekeepes Against Organic Honey Import Rules\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra"},{"label":"Highlights","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/category\/uncategorized\/"},{"label":"US Beekeepes Against Organic Honey Import Rules","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/us-beekeepes-against-organic-honey-import-rules\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3523,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3521\/revisions\/3523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}