Phuket Super Cheap discontinues ‘Pla Ra’ snake surprise

The Phuket News

 

 

PHUKET:-- Super Cheap have discontinued their orders of the traditional Thai fermented fish dish “Pla Ra” from their supplier after officials confirmed that the suspect meat in a customer’s order was snake, not fish, as ordered.

 

“We learned from Super Cheap management that the reptile was mixed with Pla Ra during the packaging process at a factory in Pathum Thani (outside Bangkok),” Panida Mevichear of the Phuket Consumer Protection Office told The Phuket News today (Sept 30) that “The local health office there is investigating the factory,” she added.

 

The investigation came after Phuket Town noodle vendor Wanida Pakamaad filed a complaint with police on Sept 10 after she discovered what she suspected was snake in Pla Ra that she bought from a Super Cheap store outlet on Surin Rd, Phuket Town.

 

 

On Sept 12, Ms Wanida reported the discovery to the Phuket office of the Consumer Protection Board at Phuket Provincial Hall, where officials confirmed that the creature found in the pickled fish serving was indeed a snake.

 

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Just love it when they get caught out cheating each other instead of foreigners. Then loss of face comes into play.

Ngu, ngu, pla pla

Well, considering the horrible taste and smell of Pla Ra, the snake can only be an upgrade.

2 minutes ago, hanssna said:

Well, considering the horrible taste and smell of Pla Ra, the snake can only be an upgrade.

 

You got close enough to taste it? 

 

You are either my hero or you have lost your sense of smell!