Thailand rolls out agricultural produce traceability to ensure food safety

BANGKOK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Ministry of Commerce unveiled a new tracing system on Tuesday to allow buyers to inspect source of seedlings, cultivation and manufacturing process, processing and areas of distribution of agricultural produce.

"Food safety has increasingly become a concern for consumers around the world. As one of the world's major food manufacturers, Thailand is piloting a tracing system allowing consumers to trace produce back to the manufacturing process, from seedlings to the finished produce," said Pimchanok Vonkorpon, director-general of the ministry's Trade Policy and Strategy Office (TPSO).