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Is Mad Honey Legal in the US? Federal and State Law

Flowchart of the US adulterated food test (21 U.S.C. 342(a)(1)) as applied to grayanotoxin.

Mad honey, honey containing grayanotoxins from Rhododendron species, is not a controlled substance under United States federal law and is not prohibited to possess, buy, or consume in any state as of September 2026. That single sentence answers the question most people arrive with, but it conceals the more useful part of the picture. United […]