G/SPS/N/THA/484  
27 January 2022  
(22-0680) 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):  Plastic articles in contact with foodstuffs (ICS Code: 67.250)  
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 "Plastic Food 
Packa gings" . Language(s):  Thai. Number of pages:  12 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/THA/22_0987_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The MOPH proposes to revise qualities and standards of certain 
plastic food packaging whereby the MOPH Notification No. 295 (BE. 2548) entitled 
"Qualities or Standards of Containers Made from Plastic" on the matter dated 
30 December BE. 2548 (2005) will b e repealed and replaced by the draft of MOPH 
Notification No. … B.E. …. (....) issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 entitled "Plastic 
Food Packagings".  
By the virtue of the articles 5 and 6(6) of the Food Act of B.E.2522 (1979), the Minister 
of Publi c Health hereby issued the (draft) Notification as follows:  
Prescribing definition of plastic food packaging and food packaging made from recycled 
plastic material.  
Revising qualities or standards for certain plastic food packaging such as the overall 
migration limit, the restriction for primary aromatic amines (PAAs), the limit for metal 
migration and the specific migration limit for certain types of food plastics as listed in 
Annex I. New plastic food packaging other than those listed in Annex I of the no tification 
shall be evaluated safety by the risk assessment center recognized by Thai Food and Drug 
Administration and shall submit that report of safety assessment to Thai Food and Drug 
Administration for approval before marketing or using. It permits to use plastic food 
packaging made from recycled Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) which recycled PET 
obtained from secondary recycling or mechanical recycling process shall be evaluated 
safety and efficiency of recycling technology to prove that it can elimin ate or reduce 
contaminants from input plastic. This notification shall enter into force from the day 
following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. Plastic food packagings 
which have been used prior to this notification comes into force t hat plastic food 
packagings can be continuously use but not exceed three years from the date of this 
notification come into force.6. Plastic food packagings including plastic food packaging 
made from recycled Polyethylene terephthalate which use from the d ate of this 
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  quality and standard may comply with the quality and standard described in the MOPH 
Notification No. 295 (BE. 2548) until two years following the date of its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  
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 r elevant 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 de viates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 295) BE. 2548 entitled "Qualities 
or Standards of Containers made from Plastic"  
2. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (no. 92) (BE 2528) entitled "Prescribe 
Qualities or Standards for Food Containers, Use of Food Containers and Prohibition 
of Materials Used as Food Containers"   
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 facilitating 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 circul ation 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:   
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; Th ailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
http://www.spsthailand.net/