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The tastings will be held on 3 and 4 November and the decision will be announced the day 6 the same month.
Beekeepers have until the next day 16 October to present their honeys to Regional Competition, organized each year by the Cabildo of Tenerife through House of Honey.
Explains the insular Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and fisheries, Jesús Morales, this year the organization has decided to go down to 75 kilos the minimum lot size and amend the descriptions of some of the prizes to award in the contest.
The tastings will be held on 3 and 4 November and the decision will be announced the day 6 the same month.
Morales also advances the Cabildo and the Beekeepers Association of Tenerife (Apiten) They have produced a promotional poster Protected Designation of Origin "Miel de Tenerife" and all its varieties "as an element of joint promotion of local honeys".
The product is submitted to the Regional Contest Mieles must belong to a party gathering in the islands this year by beekeepers whose holdings are registered in the register of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the Government of the Canary Islands.
As for the categories, Contestants may participate in the multifloral category (soft, middle or intermediate and intense) y monofloral.
On the other hand, to the Best Presentation Award They may attend honey packers Canary Islands with sanitary authorization exclusively packaged honey from Canary without being holders of a particular bee farm.
The jury will award the cell Silver and Gold awards cell. In addition to these awards the prizes Golden Gran cell will be awarded for Best Honey Canaries 2015 with PDO (Miel de Tenerife) Great cell and Gold for Best Honey Canarias (no DOP). There will also be a prize presentation. The ruling will be known from the day 6 November and the awards ceremony will take place Saturday, day 21 November.
The Council will acquire 12 kilos of honey at a price of 15 euros / kilo of honey those who obtain the distinction cell Gold and belonging to the DOP Miel de Tenerife them for promotional actions.
Morales recalled that this event, one that has the biggest share in Spain, "It has been a very important factor in the recovery and dissemination of honey produced on the island forward and, in general, in the Canary Islands ".
Last year participated in the regional competition a total of 72 honeys from Tenerife, Gran Canaria, La Palma, La Gomera and iron. The jury appreciated this time 11 categories other than molasses, specifically four multifloral seven Monofloral.