Rice warehouse inspection to be launched nationwide

[webfact]

Rice warehouse inspection to be launched nationwide

BANGKOK, 19 September 2013 (NNT) - The Marketing Organization for Farmers (MOF) will launch an inspection of all the 400 rice warehouses nationwide, following the case of rotten and burnt rice found in Phitsanulok Province.

The inspection is expected to commence tomorrow, covering all of the 400 rice silos in 30 provinces. The MOF indicated that warehouses that do not possess proper conditions for storing rice will be removed from the Government's rice mortgage scheme.

The probe is expected to be finished within 2 weeks.

Regarding the rotten and burnt pledged rice of Kasetpaisan Thanyakij Company in Phitsanulok, the MOF Director, Mr. Thanetpol Thanaboonyawat, reaffirmed that the incident was not a cover up. Earlier, officials show concerns that the burnt rice was the lower quality rice that did not qualify for the mortgage scheme and the incident might have been used to mask the practice.

The MOF Director revealed that a preliminary investigation revealed that methyl bromide used in rice smoking might be the culprit behind the supposed spontaneous combustion. The final cause of the fire will soon be finalized.

The rice company has, however, promised to compensate for the estimated damage of 10 million baht.


-- NNT 2013-09-19

[worgeordie]

The Thai way, warn them first so they can try and get their

warehouse in order, whats the betting everything is going

to be 100 % in order, no corruption here!

regards Worgeordie

[bobl]

Warning people in advance that you're coming to do an audit?

Genius. What could possibly go wrong...

[Wavefloater]

Yes, advanced warning is idiotic if this is going to be done with any sincerity. But does it really matter anyway? If problems are found, you just pay off the inspectors and everything suddenly becomes okay. Personally, I think that there will only be a fraction of the inspections done that the government has announced. After all, Yingy and her buddies don't want the truth confirmed about what a fiasco this whole asinine scheme has become. I certainly don't trust the safety of Thai rice anymore and buy the Indian or Japanese stuff now.

Edited September 19, 2013 by Wavefloater

[billd766]

Just like the inspection before.

Nothing will be found wrong and everything is in order.

Are the inspectors going to check EVERY bag of rice or will they just pick the perfect ones already selected for them?

To inspect every bag in a 17 million ton stock pile CANNOT be done in 2 weeks.

[pedro01]

lol @ spontaneous combustion of rice.

I told the wife to take all that dangerous stuff out of the house and keep it in a fireproof safe in a hole in the ground...

[slapout]

The first inspection several weeks ago, was to be on 2100 rice storage facilities and then was adjusted upward to 2900. Now this inspection is to cover "all 400 silos" in 30 proviences.

The silos would, by their construction, limit access to the stored grain. A tape and highschool math skills will give a good idea of volume on site, but what about the 2500 other storage facilities? The latter is where sacked rice would be stored.

With all the inspections and the multiple groups claiming to be doing them, they need to install a traffic light system and probably a few speed bumps so the camera at each site can get a good profile of all the visitors passing thru.

[puipuitom]

Attitude of the EU ( in this case: a top-official of the Dutch food authority NVWA)

Als u vervolgens af wilt gaan op de certificaten uit derdelanden, dan zult u het met me eens zijn dat hier nog vaker het predikaat "onbetrouwbaar" op geplakt kan worden, om niet te spreken van "fraude".

If you want to rely on certifications from third countries, then you will agree with me that here more often these could be classified as "unreliable", not to speak of "fraud".

We speak here of official certifications given out by world wide accepted and appreciated certifying organisations like Bureau Veritas, Det Norske Veritas, IcaCert, Lloyds, SGS, TUV and many others, with their master or bachelor educated auditors.

How you think, their attitude is towards statements of Thai government officials ?

[TackyToo]

"The Marketing Organization for Farmers (MOF) will launch an inspection of all the 400 rice warehouses nationwide"

Here is what you get after in advance published intentions of inspections at the hub of Houndinis:

now you see it now you don't

[marell]

It may seem a bad idea to pre-announce an audit. But they have to examine close to 30 warehouses per day. And it could take some effort to properly prepare and put together the cash evidence the inspectors need to confirm that all is well. A no-notice would certainly take more than two weeks and be a terrible waste of time .

Edited September 19, 2013 by marell

[kurnell]

Very difficult to hide a few trillion weevils in a week or two

[belg]

the same people will check the warehouse as the people supposed to check the contents in the first place, so what do you think that will happen?

happy rotten 2008 rice or worse

[timewilltell]

Nothing wrong in Thailand. Another lot of <deleted>.