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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Tests confirm tilapia in mackerel cans - What They Never Told You

PM’s Office Minister Supamas Isarabhakdi (left) and Food and Drug Administration secretary-general Supattra Boonserm inspect canned fish at a factory in Muang district of Samut Sakhon, where initial findings show tilapia was used in place of mackerel. (Photo: Royal Thai Government)

The Fisheries Department has confirmed that canned fish products labelled as mackerel in Samut Sakhon were found to contain pla nil (tilapia), not mackerel as stated on the packaging.

Earlier suspicions that the fish might be blackchin tilapia were ruled out, the department said on Wednesday.

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