Prof claims rice eaten by Phumtham was infested with fungi, weevils
WEDNESDAY, MAY 08, 2024
The Thailand Consumers Council (TCC) has demanded that the 15,000 tonnes of jasmine rice stored under the 2014 rice-pledging scheme undergo strict checks for quality and safety before it is sold.
Ministry to auction off 400,000 tonnes of spoiled rice this month
FRIDAY, JULY 01, 2016
THE COMMERCE Ministry will on July 25 open bidding for 400,000 tonnes of rotten rice for use in the feed-meal and other non-food industries under the plan to continue clear up the government’s rice stockpiles.
THE Commerce Ministry will continue to focus on government-to-government (G2G) contracts for the release of rice from stockpiles, as well as general rice auctions in the second half of the year after opening a big-lot bid for 2.24 million tonnes tomorrow.
WITH GOOD response to the recent rice bidding and strong demand in the market, the Commerce Ministry is considering holding the fourth round of rice auctions next month.
Further 668,000 tonnes of stockpiled rice up for auction next week
TUESDAY, AUGUST 04, 2015
THE COMMERCE MINISTRY will sell 668,000 tonnes of rice from the state's stockpile on August 11, while a source in the sector says rice exporters, which have pressured prices down in the government's auction market, are responsible for the price of paddy r