the first Cera Rica Beeswax
lobal contest his unique, international Contest for beeswax has been organised
by the Japanese Company Cera Rica Noda. The Contest was first announced in B&D36 and at the
THE PURPOSE OF THE CONTEST The Contest was organised to promote
Beekeeping & Development is pleased to bring news of the winners
beeswax as an international commodity. To meet the demands of modern industries, beeswax retaining a very high quality must be harvested by beekeepers. The Contest was intended to stimulate this high quality harvest.
On 14 April 1999, the winners of the Contest were announced at the
HOW THE BEESWAX WAS JUDGED
XXXIV Apimondia
Congress.
Award-giving Ceremony, held in Beijing Friendship Hotel, China.
First Prize
a) Methods: based on the Japanese Standard Analytical Method for Oil and Fat
b) Standards:
JSC! (the Japanese Standard
for Cosmetics Ingredients).
Evaluation
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experiment
a) Methods: based on Cera Rica Noda patent on refining (patent number S40-16256)
b) Standards: judged by the value of Gardner and the appearance after the absorption.
Evaluation - experiment
Mr Arnold Grech, Malta. Awarded with a bronze-plated medal and an honorary
certificate, plus US$500.
Special Prize The National Agency for Beekeepers, Sierra Leone. Awarded with a bronze-plated medal and an honorary certificate, plus US$500.
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Members of the Judge Committee
Agricultural Sciences Mr Taizo Noda, President, Cera Rica Noda
Co Ltd, Japan; President, Cera Rica Noda Biological Science
&
Technology (Beijing)
Co Ltd
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Decolouring by absorption
Third Prize
Apimondia Standing Commission for Beekeeping for Rural Development
Mr Zhenming Jin, Former Director, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of
value, melting point, impurities
Mrs Marieke Mutsaers, Netherlands. Awarded with a silver-plated medal and an honorary certificate, plus US$1000.
President of the Judge Committee Dr Nicola Bradbear, President of the
General analysis Acid value, saponification value, iodine
Second Prize
THE JUDGE COMMITTEE
Mr Hideo Watanabe, President of the Apimondia Standing Commission for Beekeeping Economy
an honorary certificate, plus US$2000.
RARICA
b) Standards: judged by the peroxide value change with time.
The following evaluations were carried out on all samples entered for the Contest:
Beijing Bee Products Company, China. Awarded with a gold-plated medal and
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Analytical Method for Oil and Fat
II
Deodourising with steam a) Methods: based on Cera Rica Noda
COMMENTS FROM CERA RICA NODA The First Beeswax Global Contest, is an endeavour to create standards of quality for bee products. The samples of raw beeswax collected in this Contest showed that there exist large variations
in beeswax acid value, saponification value, decolouring, deodourising, colour patent on refining (patent number stability and AOM test. As these $40- 16256) variations are directly related to utilisation in cosmetics, food and other b) Standards: judged by sensual valuation by ten expert panellists from Cera Rica Noda. industries, the finding of great variation could be an important outcome of the Evaluating experiment III Contest. We would like to see a new i. Colour stability test standard for raw beeswax for industrial a) Methods: arranged according to the use. This could be created after further Japanese Standard Analytical Method for to clarify the relationships study, Oil and Fat between the variation in beeswax and b) Standards: judged by the colour change species of the honeybee, nectars, climate after heating. and the harvesting methods. ii,
AOM test
a) Methods: based on the Japanese Standard
A Bees for Development publication
Chinese beeswax has not yet reached its full market potential. In this Contest the
