April 25, 2007

Thailand allots US$615,000 to traceability system

Thailand's Agriculture Ministry has allocated a Bt19.95million (US$615,000) budget to support its pilot project on a "traceability system" for white and black-tiger shrimp, baby corn and chicken, Thai newspaper The Nation reports.

The project was undetaken to ensure export quality and food safety,

Shrimp exporters Pakfoods and Chanthaburi Frozen Foods; chicken processors Bangkok Produce, B Food Products International, Ajinomoto Betagro, Saha Farms, Sun Valley (Thailand), Sun Foods International; and a baby-corn exporter had applied to be on the project. 

The system is expected to be in place by June this year.