Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has warned consumers not to buy or eat a specific batch of roasted Nori seaweed, claiming that the product is unsafe for consumption as it contains a high level of cadmium.
The TFDA said today (Friday) that it had taken samples of the product, imported by JFC (Thailand), at the food and drug checkpoint in Lat Krabang for analysis.
It was discovered that samples from the product with code number 10-3-07157-5-0780, of the batch displaying a production date of “2022.11.3” (3rd November 2022) and an expiry date of “2023.5.2” (2nd May 20223) date, contains 3.81 milligram/kg of cadmium, which exceeds the permissible level of 2 milligram/kg, said the TFDA, adding that the specific product is contaminated and unsafe for human consumption, in accordance with the Food Act B.E. 2522 (2019 AD).
The roasted Nori seaweed product is manufactured by Yamatoku Company in Japan.
The TFDA is in the process of taking legal action against the companies involved.
Consumers who have question about the safety of the seaweed can get more information from the TFDA or file a complaint via hotline number 1556.
