G/SPS/N/THA/391  
 
5 May 2021  
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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):  Foods for infant and young child ; Formula milk for infant and young 
child; Food supplements for infant and young child  
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 "Standards for 
Contaminants in Food (2nd Issue)" . Language(s):  Thai. Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  Where it deems appropriate to amend the regulation regarding 
standards for contaminants in foods. By the virtue of article 5 and articles 6(1) and (9) of 
the Food Act of 1979 (B.E.2522), the Minister of Public Health hereby issued the (draft) 
Notification as follows:  
Clause 1 - The substances, i.e. 7. Total Tetrahydrocannabinol and 8. Cannabidiol, shall 
be added to Table 3 (Maximum levels of other contaminants) of Annex 1 attached to the 
MOPH Notification, issued by the virtue of the Food Act of 1979 (Number 414) of B.E.  2563 
(2020) dated 20  March 2020 entitled Standards for Contaminant s in Foods , as follows:  
7. Total Tetrahydrocannabinol, THC  
Commodity/Food Product  Maximum  Portion of the commodity/  Note 
 Level Product to which the ML  
 (mg/kg)  applies  
Foods for infant and  young  Not (not specify)  (6) 
child; Formula milk  for infant  detected  
and young child ; Food supplements  
for infant and young child  
8. Cannabidiol, CBD  
Commodity/Food Product  Maximum  Portion of the commodity/  Note 
 Level Product to which the ML  
 (mg/kg)  applies  
Foods for infant and  young  Not (not specify)  (6) 
child; Formula milk  for infant  detected  
and young child ; Food supplements  
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  Note:  
(6) "Not detected" means detected below 0.1 mg of total THC/kg or 0.2 mg of CBD/kg. 
Total THC means sum of content of the substances Δ9 -THC, Δ8 -THC a nd THC content.  
Clause 2 - This notification shall enter into force as from the day following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette onward.  
7. Objective 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 standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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:  
MOPH  Notification, is sued by the virtue of the Food Act of 1979 (Number 414) of 
B.E. 2563 (2020) dated 20 March 2020 entitled Standards for Contaminants in Foods.  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
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 day after the date of its publication in the Government 
Gazette onward.  
[ ] Trade facilita ting measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [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/  G/SPS/N/THA/391  
 
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  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:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/