G/SPS/N/THA/581  
 
13 September 2022  
(22-6729) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food additives (ICS code: 67.220.20)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Notification, 
No. … B.E. …. (....) issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 entitled "Prescribing the 
principle, conditions, methods and proportion of food additives (No. 3)" . Language(s):  
English . Number of pages:  102 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/THA/22_6081_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered that it was 
appropriate to revise the detail of maximum permitted food additives that have been 
authorized as follows:  
Clause 1 - The Annex I and Annex II of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health 
(No. 418) B.E. 2563 issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 25 22 Re: Prescribing the 
principle, conditions, methods and proportion of food additives (No. 2), dated 2 September 
B.E. 2563 (2020), shall be repealed and replaced with the Annex I and Annex II of this 
Notification . 
Clause 2 - Manufacturers or importers of food for commercial who had been granted the 
food product license prior the date of this Notification comes into force can further place 
their food products on the market for not more than two years from the date of entry into 
force if the products use foo d additives as listed in the Annex of this Notification and its 
conditions of use was adopted in 2022 (B.E. 2565) . 
Clause 3 - This Notification shall come into force from the day following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.  
7. Objectiv e and rationale: [X]  food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
other damage from pests.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standa rd: 
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : General Standard For Food Additives 
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  [ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 418) B.E. 2563 issued by virtue of the 
Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Prescribing the principle, conditions, methods and proportion of 
food additives (No. 2)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determ ined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : On the date after being notified in the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 12 November 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enq uiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 - Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034 
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X ] National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 - Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/