Thai Commerce Min warns legal action against poor quality rice vendors

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Min. of Commerce warns legal action against poor quality rice vendors

BANGKOK, 1 June 2015, (NNT) - The Ministry of Commerce warns legal action will be taken against vendors selling inferior quality rice.

The warning was made by the ministry’s Inspector-General Somchart Soithong, following recent complaints of mobile rice retailers cutting standard or good quality grains with low-grade stock.

He asked the residents to alert the authorities, while strongly recommending they only buy rice from trusted wholesalers, who consistently offer quality grains.

Meanwhile, President of the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand Surachai Suthitham stated that the average farmer’s market price of pork from April to May has increased by four baht from 62-63 baht per kg to 66 - 67 baht per kg.

He attributed the hike to the drought crisis, as well as a 30 percent drop in number of piglets. Several ranches at the beginning of the year suffered an outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) Virus, especially in the northeastern region.

However, the Association President is convinced that pork prices would return to normal during the rainy season.


-- NNT 2015-06-01

[Lupatria]

cutting standard or good quality grains with low-grade stock

And of course the ministry’s Inspector-General Somchart Soithong, has no idea where the source is...

[maidee]

how many of those dead piggies were still used in quality products like thai issan sausages...

ate one once in my life

the toilet bowl was my best friend for the next couple of days

[Emster23]

Should be easy to find: just look at receipts of buyers of moldy rotten rice sold at government warehouses thanks to the great prop up scheme

[PETERTHEEATER]

Bought 50kg of well known brand AAA Kao Hom Mali in Surin last month and hauled it back home to bag into the freezer and found that it was 'cut' with low quality grain

[paulchiangmai]

cutting standard or good quality grains with low-grade stock

And of course the ministry’s Inspector-General Somchart Soithong, has no idea where the source is...

I don't mind so much the rice being cut with low quality rice but could they leave out the weevils? Looking at the stacks of rice in the big super markets I see quite a big percentage of the bags are contaminated, for this reason I only ever buy rice that is vacuum packed, costs a bit more but after all it is rice I am wanting not wild life.