Thailand bans animal-feed corn from burned fields in major shift


BANGKOK (Bloomberg): Thailand will ban imports of animal-feed corn produced from agricultural burning, a move that should help curb a worsening cross-border pollution issue while paving the way for purchases from the US. 

Feed mills must present proof that imported corn is from burn-free sources from Jan. 1, Duangarthit Nidhi-u-tai, deputy director-general of the Department of Foreign Trade, told reporters in a briefing on Monday.

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