No’ BY2 ‘ found in latest delivery
PUBLISHED: 25 Jan 2025 at 05: 39
Following a ban on January 10 at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Guangzhou, the Office of Agricultural Affairs ( OAA ) at the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Guangzhou announced on Friday that Thai durians had passed tests for Basic Yellow 2 ( BY2 ), a carcinogenic coloring substance. This results in the resumption of exports to China.
The General Administration of Customs of China ( GACC ) made the announcement on January 10 that all durian imported into China must pass the Basic Yellow 2 test and go through pre-export screening procedures to maintain safety standards.
Customs officers will also sporadically check durian in a laboratory when the goods arrive at the Chinese trade slot.
Three pots of Thai durian were imported through the Youyiguan borders station and passed a BY2 laboratory evaluation, according to the OAA in Guangzhou on Thursday.
The fruits were released the next day, only in time for Chinese New Year events, according to the OAA.
Due to the volume of imports during that time, the verification took place more quickly than the three times anticipated.
The OAA may also read with the customs gate over BY2 screen. The OAA said that Thai producers will receive vital information from the policies laid down for the Lunar New Year holiday that will begin on January 28 through February 4.
The Department of Agriculture ( DoA ) plant and agrimaterial control office, Chaisak Rinkluan, informed the DoA on Wednesday about the export delay.
Seven vessels from Thailand that contained edible and two containers that contained longan were found to have BY2.
He claimed that eight warehouses, including six durian ones in Chumphon, Chanthaburi, and Nakhon Si Thammarat, were subsequently ordered to stop issuing phytosanitary certificates (PC ), an official document that certifies that fruits are safe to import or export.
In Chiang Mai and Chanthaburi, there were two additional longan stores.
The suspension was effective on Wednesday, according to Mr. Chaisak, and it will continue until the criteria for food safety are improved.
He said,” The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives reiterates that all citrus shipping must be thoroughly examined before they are exported to China.”
The billion-baht Thai durian market cannot be destroyed by poisoned fruit. We also want to give Taiwanese people a special gift of delicious Thai fruit during the holidays of the Chinese New Year, he continued.
A sale of fruit was also inspected and tested by the DoA before, on Tuesday, the airport’s Suvarnabhumi, they were flown to China by heat.