News Forum - FDA seizes imported Chinese food

[Thaiger]

The Food and Drug Administration seized almost 4,000 items of imported Chinese food from seven Bangkok stores Saturday. FDA deputy secretary-general Weerachai Nolwachai said his agency had discovered that 3,783 food products sold at the stores had not been certified by the Thai FDA. Weerachai said… “They have no proper labelling for food products, and …

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[kalyan]

i see varities of countries and their goods are being sold and supplied in shops, including " Online", what about controlling them ?

Example, in lazada there are millions of articles of foreign countries being sold, i dont see any thai description of the product in them, does  Thai FDA forget this ?

[BJoe]

It’s all about MONEY not funneling back to the Thai  government via import taxes. There is no , absolutely NO regard for the safety of what citizens consume. Proper food safety standards can never be  regulated in a society where “Street” food is an every day part of life.