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Thai food 'under threat' from foreign influences (The Culture…

- - - - from the increasing influence of foreign dishes.
  - - - on Monday
      - The move is a fresh attempt to work on a four-year master plan to "promote and preserve Thai food wisdom", which is to be implemented between 2020 and 2024
      - "Unique in its preparation with recipes handed down for generations, Thai culinary art needs better protection against foreign influences which are now changing the look and taste of certain local dishes,"
      - "Though appealing to many gastronomes, fusion foods are a threat to authentic Thai cuisine if they lead to the gradual disappearance of some unique Thai foods
- - - - to set up a panel
        
        to draft a plan
        
        to preserve
        
        Thai cuisine
        
        the country's food culture.
        
        This plan
        
        will also fall in line with the
        
        Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage
        
        initiated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
        
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        According to its website
        
        the 2003 convention intends to protect the "uses, representations, expressions, knowledge and techniques that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals, recognise as an integral part of their cultural heritage
        
        Mr Vira added that.
        
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