Fake Thai fish sauce reportedly saturating the market

[FangFerang]

WHOA. Fake Gucci, fake Hugo Boss and fake MS Windows are no big deal...but fake fish sauce? This strikes at the heart of what is Thainess. This makes a joke of Thainess. Shame on them. May they be infested in the crotch with the fleas of a thousand camels. And may their arms be too short to scratch.

[FangFerang]

Funny, when Thailand copies stuff which belongs to other countries it's no big deal. The moment it's from Thailand that's a another matter. Double standards perhaps ?

"...when Thailand copies stuff which belongs to other countries..."

No double standards at all. Thailand as a country doesn't infringe other countries' intellectual property rights, a very small number of individuals do though.

What you posted is concisely wrong. Thailand does not recognize educational books nor pharmaceuticals as being legitimate copyrights.

Wrong, dude.

[JacChang]

"Nonetheless, they have cautioned members of the public to refrain from buying fish sauces that sell at unbelievably cheap prices, as they are most likely a counterfeit product."

Last week consumers bought fake fish sauce at discounted prices. The fake manufacturers made 5 billion baht in profit.

This week, thanks to the Intellectual Property Department, the public is now buying fake fish sauces at full prices. The fake manufacturers made 10 billion in profit.

[somo]

Markets "saturated" with the stuff. The places must stink to high heaven so easy to avoid.

[surangw]

So the Intellectual Property Department, has been involved into that and not the police.

Have to admit Nam Pla is an intellectual property.

Are we for real here or they come up with whatever they like?

maybe they figure the label is " intellectual property."

[RubbaJohnny]

I wonder how they recreate that dirty underwear smell?

It may be a red Herring,but you don't want to know,ask yourself why 'Restaurants' have toilet tissue in handy plastic dispensaries.

It's re-assuring to see the focus on such saucy matters and not on fake guides,shepherds,,monks or ingredients in the media.

Of course now everything is better there may be a temporary need to have cod corruption for illustrative porpoises only to train new squeaky white enforcement

[Torrens54]

There is an old saying that goes like this:

"There are ONLY Two things that smell like Fish....and one of them IS NOT FISH!"

[HeijoshinCool]

Hmm.

After seven years here and meeting countless Thais, I am having a hard time understanding why there even exists an "Intellectual Property Department."

[Arkady]

The article doesn't say what is in the fake fish sauce bottles and whether it is hazardous to the health or not. Is the issue that generic fish sauce passed off as Golden Mountain is eating into the profits of the members of the family that have survived the family feud, or is it like the rape oil scandal in Spain where a dangerous chemical was distributed to supermarkets as cooking oil?

[maidee]

where do these people get the ideas for all these scams ?

fake dvd, cloths, ok

fake drugs, fake food , not ok !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if they ever catch these guys, a nice public execution would be an appropriate punishment