14 July 2026

Nutsha Boonchai Indai, an MP for the People's Party, gave a press release on the progress of a canned fish DNA test that came from a black-chinned doctor that he had taken canned fish from the public to be examined in a number of government agencies under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation, or the United States, but it was coordinated back that it could not be examined because it was seen by the executive as a political issue.

Then, a collaboration was sought to BIOTHAI, a nonprofit NGO that drives biodiversity, eco-agriculture, food security and farmers' rights, to coordinate the agency for inspection, with an inspection at the International Center of Excellence for Seafood Science and Innovation, Faculty of Agricultural Industry, Songkhlankrint University.

Two examples of canned fish from a factory in Samut Warfare Province were canned fish that had not previously appeared as news, and the other was canned fish from a factory that appeared as news in Samut Province, where the Department of Fisheries and the NCPO. It was previously confirmed to be "tilapia," but the lab results, which used three fish slices, three proofs, eight proofs, matched the DNA Bank stored by the Fisheries Department as the scientific name for importing black-chinned cichlids, so this is a confirmation and proof from the authorities that have been examined.

Over the past year, the Department of Fisheries cleared black-chinned cichlids using the budget of rubber to buy millions of kilograms and told the public that to make fertilizer, over the past one year, we found unsourced fish in cans, so this has to be followed and the people involved as omitted from duty.

After all the information is known today, he will refer the matter to the Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives to inquire about how he is responsible for it. As a supervising public servant, he will confirm to the private sector that he is skeptical about why he needs to exclude these procedures, and he will pursue it in the House of Representatives, including in the Commissioner.

Mr. Nutsha also said that the black-chinned fish situation is now 2-3 times more serious than in previous years, because today there is no one left in the local fish supply. The fisheries department's methods have no direction. The 2027 budget does not have a single baht to fix or eliminate the black-chinned fish problem. In 2026, the fisheries department spent 1.3 million baht on the black-chinned fish eradication, but in 2027 there is not a single baht. Why is this not a public problem, even if it is a huge aggravation of aquaculture farmers?

According to Ms. Dirty Wu, director of the Biological Foundation (BIOTHAI), the results of the DNA Mini Bar Coding test confirm that the gold pin fish from Samut War is a tilapia. The confidence level is 99.03-99 35%, and the Tan Yong Blossom brand of Si Yung is a black chin fish.

The secretary of the Biological Foundation, Viduli Levi, said that we investigate to reassure people of the food they consume, to know the true origin of the raw materials, and to understand the situation of exploiting the black-chinned fish, an invasive alien species, because the epidemic has not ended, if the information disclosed is vague or incomplete, it may affect both the ecosystem and consumer confidence.

The lab results of the Center of Excellence, an independent and reliable agency, have made proposals to at least three government agencies. 1. Ask the Fisheries Department and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to review monitoring processes and methods to build public confidence in the public to disclose scientific results transparently, because this affects the credibility of the agency. Understand that the operation may be under political pressure, but this is too important not to disclose scientific facts to the public.

2. Requests the FDA and the Department of Fisheries to re-examine over 10,000 cans of canned fish with the expectation that the results will not differ from the results of the Songkhlachin University, and to extend the results to other canned fish factories and other food products as well, because the black-chinned fish may be used to make other products; and

3. At present, the black-chinned doctorfish is still an invasive alien species that affects the ecology and occupation of the people, and is likely to spread to other areas such as the Andaman side and Songkhla Lake. Therefore, there must be a clear goal to reduce the number and control the epidemic.