On September 17, investigators from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CIB) of Thailand and staff from the Food and Drug Administration of Thailand held a press conference, saying that the department recently cracked a warehouse of illegally imported goods from China, seizing about 7,300 pieces of electric mosquito repellent products and 45 types of illegal cosmetics A total of 32,627 pieces, with a total value of 2,500,000 baht.
As for this operation, it is due to the coordination of the Food and Drug Administration of Thailand's Consumer Protection and Crime Prevention Department, hoping to investigate the current online platform sales of electric mosquito repellent products without Thai labels and product registration numbers, because FDA self-repellent mosquito repellent products have found many types of harmful substances and are not allowed to import. Therefore, on the 13th of this month, under the joint efforts of multiple departments, three suspicious locations in Bangkok, namely Pai Kunlun, Bang Hang and Muang Kun Tien, were searched, and a large number of illegal mosquito repellent products were found.
Further investigation found that the above three locations all imported goods from China, and then shipped to various locations for storage, waiting to be packaged and shipped to Thailand consumers, the whole process is similar to the e-commerce "storage-packaging-shipping/fulfillment" operation model, and the import price of a single mosquito repellent product is 5-8 baht, and the selling price is 10-20 baht.
Upon further investigation, it was found that all three points were importing products from China. They are then stored in different storage locations. Wait for the order and pack and send to the Thailand customer to manage in the form of "Storage, Pack, Send" or Fulfillment, imported at 5-8 baht per bottle, and then sold at 10-20 baht per bottle. In this regard, the Food and Drug Administration officials reminded Thailand people to buy goods with Thai labels and clearly marked when shopping.