Thailand's commerce minister Abhilardi Dandalapeng said Thai exports of canned fruits and jasmine rice are healthy and non-toxic, social networks recently circulated Thai cans and rice contaminated by HIV is groundless.

 

 

 

Abeladi said the Thai government has asked the staff of the International Trade Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce in North America, Europe and Asia, as well as Thai envoys abroad, to firmly refute these rumors.

 

 

 

The Director of Thailand's Bureau for the Promotion of International Trade, Mali, said the same day that the Bureau's foreign agencies and many Thai exporters of agricultural products have contacted businessmen to dispel rumors and clarify this, and to ensure the safety of Thai exports of rice and canned food.

 

 

 

Thailand's Ministry of Public Health officials pointed out that the spread of AIDS, including blood transmission, sexual transmission and mother-to-child transmission, tableware, water and food and other general contact will not spread AIDS.