Govt to press ahead with auction strategy Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, centre right in yellow, and other authorities consume decade-old rice in Surin early this month. (Photo: Ministry of Commerce) The federalgovernment will continue with its strategy to auction off the rice from Yingluck Shinawatra’s promising plan that hadactually been kept in 2 storagefacilities in Surin for 10 years, after a lab test outcome revealed that the rice is still safe for intake. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Phumtham Wechayachai, who is on a journey to Italy, stated a test run by a personal lab on samples taken from the 2 storagefacilities in Surin where the rice is being kept revealed they were totallyfree from aflatoxins and other chemical residues. The samples were sentout in by a pressreporter from a personal media outlet. “I’m delighted about the result, particularly consideringthat the samples were sentout in by reporters,” he stated, including the samples were likewise sentout to the Department of Medical Sciences (DMSc) for more analysis. Now the rice hasactually been shown to be safe for intake, Mr Phumtham stated he hasactually advised the Public Warehouse Organisation to prepare the terms of referral and draw up the agreements for the auction. Dr Yongyot Thammavudhi, DMSc director-general, stated on Sunday the department has completed screening the rice samples from the Commerce Ministry. The outcome will be revealed at a press conference today. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has stated
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