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Notification of the Ministry of Public Health  
(No....) B.E 2565 (2022) 
Issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522  
Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues  (Pesticide Residues in Food ) (No.4) 
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It deems appropriate to amend the noti fication of the Ministry of Public Health, 
Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues  (Pesticide Residues in Food ). 
By the virtue of the provisions in the first phase of Section 5 and Section 6 (2) (3) 
(8) and (9) of the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), the Minister  of Public Health hereby issues the 
notification as follows:  
Clause 1  The following definition  is added  after the definition "Type 4 Dangerous 
Substance"  in clause 4 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 387) B.E. 2560 
(2017) Re: Food Co ntaining Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food), dated 18th August 
2017, as follow s: 
“Processed food”  means the product obtained from raw agricultural commodity 
(RAC) or primary food commodity through  application of physical, chemical or biologica l 
processes, excluding  the product  treated with ionizing radiation, washed, sorted or submitted 
to similar treatment are not considered to be “processed foods”  
Clause 2 Clause 4 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 387) 
B.E. 2560 (2017)  Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food), dated 
18th August 2017,  and as amended by the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health 
(No.419) B.E 2563 (2020) issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Food Containing 
Pestic ide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food) (No.3)  dated 25th September 2020, shall be 
repealed and replaced with the following texts : 
“Clause 4  Food Containing Pesticide Residues shall be complied with standard 
that shall not contain any pesticide define as  Hazardous Substances Type 4 under the 
Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) prescribed in Annex 1 of this Notification, except 
those other pesticides specified as follows:  
  
 
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DRAFT  (1) Detected pesticide residues in food shall not exceed the Maximum Residue 
Limit (MRL) prescribed in Annex 2 of this Notification,   
(2) Detected pesticide residues in food, that does not specified in Annex  2 of 
this Notification, shall not exceed the limits recommended by Codex Alimentarius 
Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards  Programm e 
(3) Detected Extraneous pesticide residues in food shall not exceed the 
Extraneous Maximum Residue Limit (EMRL) prescribed in Annex 4 of this Notification.  
(4) In case of processed food that does not have a specific maximum  residue  
limit, detect ed limit shall not exceed the maximum residu e limit  of raw materials under  (1) 
(2) and (3), except in case of processed food either  drying or concentrated process  result ing 
the residue  exceed the MRL of raw materials , producer or importer shall  submit  the reliable 
evidence to prove that to the Food and Drug Administration.  
(5) Where no MRLs specified in (1)  (2) and  (4), detected pesticide residues in 
plant or animal shall not exceed 0.01 milligrams of pesticide residue per kilogram of the 
food (default lim it), unless default limits for plant specified in Annex 3 of this Notification”  
Clause 3  The following t ext is added as Clause 4/1 of Notification of the Ministry 
of Public Health No.387 B.E. 2560 (2017) Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide 
Residues in Food), dated 18th August 2017, as follow s: 
“Clause 4/1  Food Containing pesticide define as Hazardous Substances Type 4 in 
Annex 1 of this Notification are prohibited to be produce d, imported or sold ” 
Clause 4  The maximum residue limit of No.3 Ca rbaryl in Mangosteen  from Annex 
2 of Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 387 B.E.2560 (2017 ) Re: Pesticide 
Residues in Food, dated 18th August 2017 shall be repealed and replaced with the following 
texts: 
No. Pesticides  Residue Definition  Commodities Maximum Residue Limit  
(mg/kg ) 
3 Carbaryl  carbaryl Mangosteen  20 
 
 
 
                                                           
Commodities * in case of plant commodities, classified as defined in Thai Agricultural Standard TAS 9045 -2016 Classification 
of agricultural products: Plants and the latest revision  -3/4- 
DRAFT  Clause 5  The commodities and maximum residue limits for the pesticides No.21 
Thiametoxam , No.47 Imidacloprid  and No.53 Dinotefuran  are added to Annex 2 of Notification 
of the Mi nistry of Public Health No.387 B.E. 2560 (2017) Re: Food Containing Pesticide 
Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food), dated 18th August 2017 and as amended by the 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 393) B.E 256 1 (2018) issued by virtue of the  
Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food) (No. 2) 
dated 24th September 2018, as follows:  
No. Pesticides  Residue Definition  Commodities Maximum Residue Limit  
(mg/kg ) 
21 Thiametoxam  thiametoxam  Pineapple  0.01 
  clothianidin  Pineapple  0.01 
47 Imidacloprid  sum of imidacloprid 
and its metabolites 
containing the 6 - 
chloropyridinyl moiety, 
expressed as 
imidacloprid  Pineapple  0.15 
53 Dinotefuran  Plant:  
dinotefuran  
Animal:  
sum of dinotefuran, 1 -
methyl -3-(tetrahydr o-3 
furylmethyl) urea (UF) 
expressed as  
dinotefuran  Pineapple  0.15 
 
 
 
 
                                                           
Commodities * in case of plant commodities, classified as defined in Thai Agricultural Standard TAS 9045 -2016 Classification 
of agricultural products: Plants and the latest revision  -4/4- 
DRAFT  Clause 6  The following pesticides commodities and MRLs  are added as No.54 
fluopyram and No.55 trifloxystrobin to Annex 2 of Notification of the Ministry of Public Health 
No.387 B.E. 25 60 (2017) Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food), 
dated 18th August 2017 , as follows : 
No. Pesticides  Residue Definition  Commodities Maximum Residue Limit  
(mg/kg ) 
54 Fluopyram  fluopyram  Mango  1 
   Longan  2 
55 Trifloxystrobin  trifloxystrobin  Mango  0.9 
   Longan  1.5 
Clause  7 “Residue Definition” in the heading of the table of ANNEX 5 of 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.419) B.E 2563 (2020) issued by virtue of the 
Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Food Containing Pestici de Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food) (No.3)  
dated 25th September 2020, shall be repealed and replaced with “Pesticides”  
Clause 8 This Notification shall come into force as from the day following date of 
its publication in the Government Gazette onwards . 
Notified on………………………………….  
 
 
 
 
This English version of the notification is translated to meet the need of the non -Thai speaking people.  
In case of any discrepancy between the Thai original and the English translation, the original Thai version 
shall prev ail. 
 
                                                           
Commodities * in case of plant commodities, classified as defined in Thai Agricultural Standard TAS 9045 -2016 Classification 
of agricultural pro ducts: Plants and the latest revision