A team of Malaysian officials will conduct an on-site inspection at Thai chicken slaughterhouses and processing factories over the next two weeks to determine if they meet Malaysia’s standards on food safety and halal products.
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF)’s Wang Somboon Farm becomes the first in Thailand to be certified by Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development’s for its cage-free farming practices.
The Department of Livestock enforced the cage-free farming standard in early 2021 and invited eligible farms sign up for certification undertaken by Bureau of Livestock Standards and Certification. Under recent inspection by Saraburi Provincial Livestock Office’s Muak Lek unit, the provincial livestock standards and certificant unit and other relevant offices, Wang Somboon Farm was certified for its standard, being the first in Saraburi Province and Thailand.
Dr.Nut Sawasrath, D.V.M, Professional level Veterinarian who led the inspection team and represented Saraburi Province, said that Wang Somboon Farm has shown full compliance to the Department of Livestock Development’s cage-free standard, making it the first cage-free farm in Saraburi and Thailand to be certified for the standard.
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BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): The crunch of Thailand’s insect delicacies may soon be heard all around the world, after Mexico agreed to import Thai cricket products.
Mexico’s National Food Safety and Quality Service has approved the import of Thai house crickets (Acheta domesticus) in the form of powder, reports the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS).“Mexico’s approval . is the first step for Thai edible insects to penetrate the global market,” said ACFS secretary-general Pisal Pongsapich.
He said Mexico’s decision came on Feb 12 after talks with Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, ACFS, the Department of Livestock Development, and the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Los Angeles, which has been actively promoting Thai edible insects in foreign markets.