Thailand’s Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives has ordered action against unscrupulous importers selling off fruit from Vietnam as Thai durians. Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has announced criminal and civil action against the scam, including removal of GAP and GMP certification from the exporters selling Vietnamese durians as being from Thailand, calling for an operation to root out sellers of unripe durians to be expanded to include the new offenders.
A task force in Chantaburi has been ordered to carry out arrests immediately upon the discovery of fraudulent activities by certain traders. Reports have indicated the exporters are part of a larger international ring comprising Thai and Chinese businesses. Chinese media tracking the story have pointed to renewed confidence in the trade, after seeing the Ministry of Agriculture’s swift action.
Source: pattayamail.com