http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/ Discover the delights of food from Thailand. This forum is brought to you by www.EnjoyThaiFood.com en-USA Mon, 20 May 2013 03:36:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/ http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthread.php?43788-Fish-sauce-samples-fail-quality-tests&goto=newpost Fri, 10 May 2013 08:29:24 GMT *Fish sauce samples fail quality tests* Published: 10 May 2013 at 09.32 Online news: Local News Laboratory tests have found 37% of 242 fish sauce samples collected from nationwide markets fail to pass quality standards, the Medical... Fish sauce samples fail quality tests

Published: 10 May 2013 at 09.32
Online news: Local News

Laboratory tests have found 37% of 242 fish sauce samples collected from nationwide markets fail to pass quality standards, the Medical Science Department says.

Department director-general Niphon Popattanachai said preservatives, protein and nitrogen were found to be present in quantities that were either too high or too low.

The amount of protein may show the fish sauce was not made from real fish, but from animal bones, Dr Niphon said. The samples that did not pass the test were collected from various fish sauces ranging from cheap to expensive brands.

He said the department is also conducting tests on 113 samples of plastic wares collected from markets nationwide.

Only seven of these samples have been found to be made from pure melamine - an organic compound that is often combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a synthetic polymer which is fire resistant and heat tolerant.

These were all made in Thailand, Dr Niphon said. The rest of the samples were imported and made mainly from fake melamine, Dr Niphon said.

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