Bangkok 23 “Thammanat” Permanent Secretary of Agriculture orders to take care of transportation of school milk. After finding that some schools in the northern region still have not received Point out that there are large operators blocking trade. It prevents the cooperative from transporting school milk easily. Emphasize that this week every child must have milk.
Captain Thammanat Phromphao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said: Acknowledged the problem of delivering school milk to some schools in the northern region. Currently, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Who is the chairman of the Committee on Milk Food for Children and Youth, hastening to make corrections. By having the Department of Livestock Development expedite investigation into the problem of school milk delivery in each area.
Recently, we have coordinated with the governors of Chiang Mai and Nakhon Sawan provinces that If there are any problems that prevent schools in the area from receiving milk, Please report
it. Now we have information that There are large entrepreneurs blocking trade. By trying to prevent the transportation of school milk. After the Milk Food for Children and Youth Committee adjusted the new sales allocation criteria to allow various dairy cooperatives Receive more distribution rights We are currently investigating additional details regarding the act of obstructing the delivery of milk to schools. If any operator is found to have committed a crime, Sales rights will be cut off. Ready to prosecute according to trade protection laws
As for solving the problem of urgent milk delivery Has ordered the Dairy Farming Promotion Organization of Thailand (DPO) to send milk to problem areas, emphasizing that within this week Children must definitely drink milk throughout the country.
Captain Thammanat said In the past, various dairy cooperatives The right to sell school milk was allocated too little and was unfair, so it was assigned to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture. Consider av
eraging the large number of private quotas among cooperatives to help dairy farmers.
After this, we will explore that Which company or cooperative? Not ready to deliver milk will be disqualified in order to bring the quota to cooperatives that are ready to proceed further
Mr. Prayoon Insakul, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, said Each school There will be an equal allocation of 260 days of milk throughout the country. But there is a problem that the school does not start the semester all at the same time. In addition, transportation has different obstacles according to the terrain, such as Are you on a mountain or on an island? causing some schools to receive milk late Which schools did not receive milk before the start of the semester? Will compensate for the delivery date. To ensure that students receive complete milk according to the established criteria.
Source: Thai News Agency
