BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Low-quality durians from other countries are being disguised as premium-grade fruit from Thailand to deceive shoppers in Shanghai, the Agriculture Ministry warned on Tuesday (Nov 29).
Alongkorn Ponlaboot, an adviser to Agriculture Minister Chalermchai Sri-on, said the minister on Monday had told agricultural attachés in China to conduct an urgent investigation after a video clip went viral in China on why Thai durians sold on a roadside in Shanghai were not delicious and appeared to be of poor quality.
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