USFDA quarantines 11 items of food products and medicines from Thailand

By Thai PBS

 

 

The US Food and Drugs Administration has decided to quarantine 11 items of food products and medicines from Thailand after finding out that they are of substandard qualities that do not meet the set standards due to the presence of Salmonella bacteria, gastrointestinal infectious bacteria, excessive lead residue and wrong labelling.

 

The 11 items of food products and medicines are as follows:

 

Frozen salted fish, salted fish mixed with chili for snacks from 12 factories. It was discovered that the salt used caused Clostridium Botulinum bacteria.

 

Salted seafood such as salted snakehead fish, dried shrimps, dried squid, snail, lobster and mollusk from 42 factories. Salmonella bacteria were found in the products.

 

Food and drinks from 104 factories. The food coloring used in the products was not declared with the US FDA in advance.

 

Excessive lead residue was found in the ceramic containers used in containing food and drinks from one factory.

 

Medicines from two manufacturers do not meet GMPS guidelines and proper production process.

 

Medical gloves from 11 factories do not meet the required standard.

 

Unprocessed farm products

 

Food products from 26 factories such as dried Lamyai, frozen durian, mangosteen, grapes, lichee, mango, frozen fish and pickle. Insecticide residue was found in the products.

 

Powdered chili, curry paste, tamarind paste and turmeric from 29 factories. Salmonella bacteria were found.

 

Medicines from one manufacturer which declined inspection by FDA officials

 

Wrong labelling on food products from 4 factories.

 

Mr Visit Limluecha, vice president of food industry group of the Federation of Thai Industries, said the quarantined food products mostly came from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/usfda-quarantines-11-items-food-products-medicines-thailand/

 

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4 minutes ago, webfact said:

Salmonella bacteria, gastrointestinal infectious bacteria, excessive lead residue

 

I wish the article named names.   None of the above are very appealing though lead poisoning is probably least immediate. 

Somehow i'm surprise that only 11 items have been flagged down, judging from the huge quantities of pesticides and other 

chemicals found in Thai vegetables and fruits, over sweetened fizzy drinks and food stuff loaded with salts and other flavor enhancing ingredients , as if that the Thai health department is sleeping on the job....  

 

This isn’t going to set well with my wife but it won’t matter as she will just tell me we can put them in our shoes and don’t worry.

There goes the "Kitchen of the world" Hub plans.

This is what happens when Thai farmers complain about

Pork imports from USA.

regards worgeordie

2 hours ago, isaanbanhou said:

 

I wish the article named names.   None of the above are very appealing though lead poisoning is probably least immediate. 

Look through this list:

 

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/iapublishdate.html

 

US FDA names names.

2 hours ago, ezzra said:

Somehow i'm surprise that only 11 items have been flagged down, judging from the huge quantities of pesticides and other 

chemicals found in Thai vegetables and fruits, over sweetened fizzy drinks and food stuff loaded with salts and other flavor enhancing ingredients , as if that the Thai health department is sleeping on the job....  

 

Sleeping on piles of brown envelopes more like !

You get what you pay for, which is why I get my meds from the U.S.

6 hours ago, webfact said:

substandard qualities that do not meet the set standards due to the presence of Salmonella bacteria, gastrointestinal infectious bacteria, excessive lead residue

So sent back to Thai street vendors for sale?

I am happy the USFDA is awake but should they not look very hard at themselves and American products first. For Example checking MONSANTO with their Cancer causing Wheat killers which they are selling worldwide and they even have the cheek to sue countries which refuse these products for import into their countries.

4 hours ago, jobwolf said:

I am happy the USFDA is awake but should they not look very hard at themselves and American products first. For Example checking MONSANTO with their Cancer causing Wheat killers which they are selling worldwide and they even have the cheek to sue countries which refuse these products for import into their countries.

I would be the last to defend Monsanto; however, there is a difference between selling or exporting pesticides that are legal in both the exporting and importing countries against unhealthy and illegal levels of pesticide residue in food products.

Do they keep the good quality stuff at home for the locals?