Ministry moves to keep bad and good rice separated

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Ministry moves to keep bad and good rice separated

The Commerce Minister has launched a measure designed to control the transportation of rice in order to prevent enterprises combining rotten rice with rice fit for consumption.

The new regulation aims to ensure rotten rice is used only in the industrial sector or for biomass productionm said Commerce Minister Apiradi Tantraporn Friday.
The ministry plans to auction 2,000 tonnes of rotten rice.
About 1.29 million tonnes of rice from a total of 13 million tonnes in the government’s stockpiles is rotten.