Yesterday afternoon brought big news in the honey world. ICE and CBP charged two large American honey processors (Honey Solutions of TX and Groeb Farms of Michigan) with evading customs duties and knowingly buying and selling illegal Chinese honey to American consumers. The schemes not only cost the US government at least $180 million in duties and fees, but it could have directly affected you as well. Some of the honey even had illegal antibiotics in it. These companies sell honey to large food manufacturers who use honey as ingredients in their products. A lot of people say they don't really eat honey when in fact they do. Honey is used as an ingredient in many food products found in the regular grocery store. Studies have shown that the average American consumes somewhere around one pound of honey per year. You could have consumed illegal antibiotics in your honey cereal without even knowing.