Alfred L. Wolff , GmbH. Grand Honey Laundering Scheme

Throughout the last few decades it seems that people have become increasingly concerned with where their food comes from. We want to know more about the food we put into our bodies. What's safe? What should be avoided? So discussion has been going on even  before Giesselbach and Von Buddenbrock were arrested but cases like these help put everything into perspective. There have been dozens of articles about the case. Some think that the government isn't doing enough to prevent adulterated honey from entering the US market before it's too late. David Westervelt, a Florida state apiculture inspector commented on the case, saying, "Someday, some really harmful honey will be shipped to this country, and a lot of people will get sick or worse - and then the government will do something about it." As things are now the FDA has clear guidelines  for how producers/ manufacturers should be labeling their products. Over 200 million tons of honey are imported to the United S...

The Alfred L. Wolff  company was unnervingly quiet about the incident after it made headlines. Only ever speaking up to deny any charges and not saying much more. According to an article written on bild.com, Alexander Wolff  was the chief executive at the time. He had conveniently made  his way back to Germany before any arrests were made, of the company submitted a statement concerning the indictments in writing saying, " These allegations are inaccurate and will be repelled by us by any legal means. As this is an ongoing process we are currently unable to comment on this process on the advice of our lawyers." This  comment was made back in 2010, and the response was appropriate at time as things were still unfolding. However, they should have taken more responsibility as a company, especially after hard evidence was uncovered linking 11 company executives including Wolff . Sometimes keeping quiet is the best thing to do until things die down but this wasn't one of ...

Alfred L. Wolff was a small private owned company with about 200 employees world wide. supplier and producer of raw materials and brand ingredients for the food industry. The company was established in 1901 and is based out of Hamburg, Germany.  It has subsidies and/or production units in China, Hong Kong, Mexico, Argentina, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. They pride themselves in providing the utmost care from producing to selling according to their business profile on  confectionerynews.com . There were no official company website so it is unclear as to what their goals or standard are concerning CSR. However, many the sites that where a business profile was posted contained a link that led to a website where you could order their products. This shows that there is a lack of concern for anything besides selling and profits. The company was later taken over by Norevo GmbH. Stefanie Giesselbach: Former national sales manger. Sentenced to one year and a day in ...

When you think of honey whats the first that comes to your mind? Do you think of thousands of busy bees working meticulously, collecting pollen, converting it and storing it as honey? Honey is one of the worlds valued natural sweeteners and the demand for it in the United States steadily grows each year. In 2016 Americans consumed over 230 million pounds of honey. Very little honey consumed in the United States is produced domestically, about 70% is imported. An article in The New York Times says, " honey, No. 0409 on the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedule, has been a focal point for the lab and the source of a long-running international food scam that has challenged even the existing forensic technology " . When honey is imported a sample is take to a lab to ensure that the product wasn't adulterated with other sweeteners or  contain harmful antibiotics. It also determines where it originated from. Honey that has originated from some countries, like China, may be subj...