G/TBT/N/THA/733  
11 April 2024  
(24-3044) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Thai Food and Drug Administration  
Herbal Product Division, Tiwanon Road, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand  
Tel: (+66) 590 7000 ext. 97477  
Email: herbaldivision@fda.moph.go.th  
Name and address  (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel.: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Herbal 
Product  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Mini stry of Public Health Re: Standard criteria, purity indicators or other 
essential characteristics for herbal product quality B.E. ….; (6 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  Amendments to the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health 
Re: Stand ard criteria, purity indicators or other essential characteristics for product 
quality in the Registration, Notification and Listing of Herbal Products B.E. 2564 (2020) 
are made to revise and implement the up -to-date version of pharmacopoeias on limits of 
contaminant test method and acceptance criteria as follows;  
- Microbial Contaminations; The British Pharmacopoeia 2021 Volume I – V, The Thai 
Herbal Pharmacopoeia 2021 and Supplements or The Tenth Edition of the European 
Pharmacopoeia and Supplements.  
- Heavy metals; The Thai Herbal Pharmacopoeia 2021 and Supplements, The Thai Herbal 
Preparation Pharmacopoeia 2022 or The Tenth Edition of the European Pharmacopoeia 
and Supplements.  G/TBT/N/THA/733  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Standard criteria, purity indicators or other 
essential characteristics for  product quality  in the Registration, Notification and Listing of 
Herbal Products B.E. 2564 (2020) (Repeal)  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the day following the date of its publication in 
the Government Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel.: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
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