64 tonnes of durians rejected by China due to yellow dye contamination buried in Thailand; 26 exporters banned

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BANGKOK: A total of 64.671 tonnes of durians rejected by China for being contaminated with yellow dye have been disposed of by burial, the Agriculture Department reported on Thursday (Feb 6).

Rapeepat Chansriwong, Director-General of the Agriculture Department, stated that his department had tested samples of the rejected durians, confirming contamination with Basic Yellow 2 (BY2) - the substance cited by China as the reason for rejecting the shipments.