10-year-old rice fit for human consumption, Phumtham to prove on Monday
SUNDAY, MAY 05, 2024
Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai reiterated on Sunday that over 145,000 sacks of rice stored for years at two warehouses in Surin province are still of good quality and edible.
Strong stench engulfs locals in wake of Ayutthaya chemical fire
THURSDAY, MAY 02, 2024
Firefighters have managed to extinguish a raging blaze at a chemical warehouse in Ayutthaya province, though the strong stench of burnt chemicals can be smelt as far as 300 metres from the site.
What the owner of the company in the eye of a cadmium waste storm told Thai police
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2024
The owner of the warehouse where cadmium waste was stored in Samut Sakhon province has said that he was in the process of selling it to some Chinese customers in Laos before a furore broke out.
Police arrest Chinese warehouse owner for storing cadmium waste
SUNDAY, APRIL 07, 2024
Cadmium residue reported missing from a factory in Samut Sakhon province has been recovered, and a foreigner has been arrested, officials said on Saturday after inspecting a factory.
Phumtham taste-tests rice held in Surin since rice-pledging scheme
FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024
A large quantity of “good quality” rice have been reported to officials at warehouses of two companies in Surin province after having been stored there under the controversial rice-pledging scheme of more than a decade ago.