Over 94,000 illegal Chinese products seized in Bangkok
published : 7 Nov 2024 at 07:58
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin

The Food and Drug Administration has seized more than 94,000 illegal Chinese products from dozens of shops in Bangkok over the past three months.
The FDA said on Wednesday that its officials, police and Bangkok district officials raided 47 Chinese supermarkets in Bangkok from July 31 to Nov 4 and seized 94,476 illegal Chinese consumer products in 341 product categories. The goods were in breach of labelling regulations, it said.
Failure to show Thai-language labels on food products carries a fine of up to 30,000 baht, while the sellers of cosmetics without a Thai label are liable to a fine of up to 10,000 baht and/or a jail term of up to one month, the FDA said.
It advised consumers, for their own safety, to buy only products with Thai labels detailing food names, manufacturers, importers, manufacturing and expiry dates and FDA registration numbers.
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- consumer: someone who buys and uses goods and services - ผู้บริโภค
- expiry: the time that something is finished and expires so cannot be used anymore - การหายใจออก,การหมดอายุ,การยุติ,การตาย, วันหมดอายุ
- importer: a person, company, or country that brings goods into their country in order to sell them - ผู้นำเข้า
- in breach of: failing to follow a law or rule - ละเมิดกฎข้อบังคับ
- label (noun): a piece of paper, etc. that is attached to something and that gives information about it - ฉลาก, แถบ
- official: someone with an important position in an organisation - เจ้าหน้าที่
- raid: to use force to enter a place suddenly in order to arrest people or search for something such as illegal weapons or drugs - บุกเข้าจับ, เข้าตรวจค้น
- regulations: official rules that control the way that things are done - ระเบียบปฏิบัติ
- seize (verb): to take control of by force or official power - ยึกครอง