A vegetable vending shop in a fresh market like this will be inspected by the new consumer protection division to ensure
consumers good health. TAWATCHAI KEMGUMNERD
The problem in Thai fresh markets, according to Pol Maj Gen Jaturong Pumarin, is a serious one
'' Many fresh markets are selling non-approved products such as fish.
'' Some masquerade under established labels or claim they have food agency approval when really they haven't.
''We've found some hilltribe people don't dare eat the cabbage they plant.
Pol Maj Gen Jaturong is chief of the new consumer protection division under the royal ThaiPolice. which has vowed to clean up food sold to Thais ang go to bat for the consumer
When asked what goals he hopes to achieve this year, he answers:
I want to make Thais healthy