Thai Health Officials Destroy 31 Tons of Illegal Products
Thai health authorities destroyed over 31 tons of illegal cosmetics, medicines, and food products seized from 131 criminal cases, including counterfeit fillers, unauthorized drugs, and smuggled goods that posed serious health risks.
On July 13, 2025, Supattra Bunserm, secretary-general of the Thai FDA, announced a joint operation by the FDA, Royal Thai Police, Central Investigation Police Command, Consumer Protection Division, Intellectual Property Crime Division, DSI, and provincial health offices to destroy over 31 tons of confiscated illegal health products from 131 criminal cases. The contraband included over 3 million individual items across 1,376 product lines: 90 cosmetics cases, 51 food cases, 32 medicine cases, 45 cosmetics-related cases, 2 medical device cases, and 1 hazardous substance case. The seizures included a smuggling warehouse stocking unauthorized sanitary napkins in Bangkok, an illegal cough medicine factory in Pathum Thani, networks distributing counterfeit filler and Botox products, smuggled shampoos and sunscreen, illegal Chinese food imports, bootleg medical gloves, and black-market laughing gas. All confiscated items pose potential health risks and were destroyed to prevent reentry into circulation. Bunserm emphasized the commitment to breaking the illegal health product supply chain and invited citizens to report violations to the FDA hotline 1556.
