Putting aside legal protocols, social measures are also paramount in making sure street-side fruit juice is safe for consumption, said Patchara. Markets and authorities in the area where products are sold should also play the role of watchdog checking if things available there look suspicious.
“Vendors must also keep monitoring each other because if only one of them goes bad, the rest will look bad, too,” he said. “Consumers especially tourists buying stuff out of their neighbourhood should be more careful and examine things they are about to buy. State organisations already act as a gatekeeper to a certain extent. But consumers should help out in keeping themselves safe, too.”