Klára Bartáková

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1. Introduction Ensuring food safety, along with promoting and restoring public health, has grown in importance throughout the food chain. Antibiotics are a large group of antimicrobial agents that have become irreplaceable in human as well as veterinary medicine since the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928 [1]. They are used extensively for both preventive and therapeutic reasons.

1. Introduction In Europe, beekeeping and honey production are a common part of agriculture, taking into consideration the appropriate climatic, environmental, and economic conditions. According to Al-Badri [1], the honey production in Iraq is influenced by environmental issues like little rain, desertification, use of pesticides, and economic problems. Iraq is climatically diverse, with continental, subtropical semi-arid type, and Mediterranean climate in the north and northeastern regions.