H5N2 affects to Thai Dairy Industry

H5N2 affects to Thai Dairy Industry

Thais feared Virus H5N2 in cow and made the sales of all company to fell down.

Prakhaidao Phunprasit

Mar 18, 2012, 11:45 GMT+7

Thailand- Economy of Thailand got the effect about sales and export of milk products.  It remained few percentages of annual sales.  Many companies closed the industry after Food and Drug Administration stated that find this virus in the country.

Ministry of Public Health of Thailand and Food and Drug Administration warned Thai people about consumption of products that make from cow “we are controlling the epidemic, so you should avoid the touch and many foods such as beef, milk, and butter because no drug can cure this virus”

Many companies are closed by crisis of H5N2 in cow.  F&N Dairies (Thailand) Company, which is well-known as the brand “Carnation”, went bankrupt in the market because the market share in Thai Dairy Industry was declined for many years and this company also met the problem of H5N2 virus, so F&N could not increase the sales and announced to close the company on Friday.Many companies closed the industry too such as Dutch Mill, Meiji, and Foremost.

The Thai Dairy Industry Company, the first manufacturer of sweetened condensed milk in Thailand which is well-known as the brand “Mali”, was solved the problem to differ from other company.  

Mr.Thanakit Thanapornsiri, the company’s president, said Mali is turning crisis as the opportunity.  We will develop products to emphasize Thai people that believe in the brand more.

 “We will make sure that our products don’t have H5N2 because we take care of our cows very well and we have a procedure of raising cows by feeding the herbs everyday and we will open new products to attract children and teenagers,” and he said again “If someone drinks our milk and disease, we will take care of you forever and pay 10 billion baht to you”.