The Thai Ministry of Corrections (prisons) says that measures are being taken to ensure that better food is served in prisons. From now on, the food must meet quality standards and an investigation is immediately launched if prisoners become ill from tainted food.
Do Thais know little or nothing about food safety?
I am surprised that my wife knows so little about food safety. If she is going to prepare chicken, she will leave it on the counter for an hour. I'll put it back in the fridge. When I say that a lot of bacteria quickly grow in this heat, she looks at me as if she sees water burning. The same goes for washing hands before preparing food and using dishcloths for a week.
Foundation for Consumers: 'School milk in Thailand is safe'
The Thai consumer association, the Foundation for Consumers, says that the level of AFM1 carcinogenic substances in samples of school milk and milk in stores meets international requirements. Milk can therefore be drunk safely.
Intestinal problems during holiday in Thailand
Those who come to Thailand for the first time will notice it: hygiene and food safety are clearly different than in the Netherlands or Belgium. You can therefore be affected by traveler's diarrhea or considerable food poisoning.
Anyone who thinks that the food in Thailand is healthy as well as tasty should read Bangkok Post more often. Research shows that 64 percent of vegetables sold in malls and markets are heavily contaminated with toxic pesticides. This is according to a study by the Thailand Pesticide Alert Network.
Reader question: Can the eggs in Thailand be trusted?
In recent days, the news in the Netherlands has been dominated by an egg scandal. Eggs from various farms, recognizable by the egg code, are said to contain slightly too high concentrations of poison against chicken lice. Does anyone know about food safety in Thailand, especially eggs? I regularly go on holiday to Thailand and I like to break the day with the tap of an egg.
Thailand must make more efforts to guarantee food safety, otherwise this could have far-reaching consequences for exports. This conclusion can be drawn after another incident, this time with canned pineapple. Taiwan has sent 30.000 cans of pineapple back to Thailand because traces of saccharin were found in them. In Taiwan there is a ban on such additives.
'Unsafe pork causes unrest among the population'
There has been concern among Thais after reports that eating pork could be dangerous because the animals would have antibiotic-resistant genes.
Still many traces of poison on fruits and vegetables in Thailand
The Thai Pesticide Alert Network found pesticide residues in more than half of the samples during an investigation of fruit and vegetables at the end of August. Also in the supposedly safe products with the Q brand. Prohibited toxic substances were found in no less than sixteen types of fruit and vegetables.
Foods on Thai markets often contain dangerous formalin
There is a lot wrong with food that you can buy at fresh markets in Thailand. A random check by the ministry at 39 fresh markets shows that formalin is used in 40% of all cases to keep food fresh longer. This includes meat, vegetables and ready meals.
Estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO) indicate that an alarming number of people become ill or die each year from spoiled and contaminated food.
Food quality control by military in Bangkok
During a walk through the shopping center of Bangkok, Paul Schiphol saw soldiers taking samples from the food stalls on the street. Is that necessary or not?
News from Thailand – August 19, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Most experienced anti-drug fighter caught with drugs
• 2.000 cars across the country (wheel) jammed
• 18 beach restaurants in Phuket bulldozed
Today in News on Thailand:
• Looking back on violent weekend; protest movement accuses government
• Prime Minister Yingluck is staying in 'safe house' in Bangkok
• Formalin is still widely used by vegetable and fish sellers
News from Thailand – December 20, 2013
Today in News from Thailand:
• DSI (Thai FBI) opens hunt for anti-government speakers
• Protests cost Thailand 70 billion baht
• Missing girl's skeleton found in Loei
Statement of the week: There is quite a bit of messing around with food in Thailand
Toxic cooking oil, too many pesticides on fruit and vegetables, chemical agents to make watermelons turn a beautiful red. These are just a few examples of what is wrong with food safety in Thailand. Discuss the statement of the week.
Mekong dams disastrous for Cambodia's food security
The construction of dams in the Mekong has major implications for Cambodia's food security, nutrition and health. New research shows that dam construction and population growth are reducing fish consumption from 49 kilograms per person per year to a paltry 22 kilograms. This is disastrous because the Cambodian population depends on fish for three-quarters of its protein intake.
The rice sold in Thai supermarkets is less safe than the government would have you believe. But the government is not yet convinced. He wants to have the tests, carried out on behalf of the Foundation for Consumers, repeated.
The rumor mill is once again working overtime on social media. The government is said to have sold rice, which has been treated too heavily with insecticide, to hypermarkets. Myths, say the authorities and rice traders.