Thailand’s pig farmers have proposed that a joint working committee, between the government and the private sector, be urgently established to deal with the widespread smuggling of pork into the country, after customs officials at Laem Chabang deep-sea port seize more than four million kilograms of illegally imported pork in unclaimed cargo containers.

 

Representatives of pig raising associations and groups across the country were recently taken to the port to attend a briefing about the smuggled meat.

 

They were told that, of 189 unclaimed cargo containers, 140 contain pork and carcasses in the process of being illegally imported into the country. The contraband meat has been handed over to the Livestock Development Department to be destroyed.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/joint-committee-to-deal-with-smuggling-of-pork-via-laem-chabang-port/

 

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Lower the pork price in Thailand and the smuggling will stop.

10 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The contraband meat has been handed over to the Livestock Development Department to be destroyed.

Sorry, but that means Mr. Piggy died for nothing. Should have just sold it off and donated the funds to a good causes. 

" Joint " Committee

To study the smuggling of Pork

Seriously !

Four million kilos?!