DNA tests have confirmed that fish found in canned products seized from a factory in Samut Sakhon were blackchin tilapia, an invasive species, rather than Nile tilapia as the government previously claimed, opposition lawmakers and the BioThai Foundation said on Tuesday.
People's Party MP Natcha Boonchai-insawat said the samples, seized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), were identified as blackchin tilapia, or Sarotherodon melanotheron, by the International Center of Excellence in Seafood Science and Innovation at Prince of Songkla University.
