G/TBT/N/THA /550  
5 July 2019  
(19-4488) 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:  Food and Drug Administration (Thai  FDA) 
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:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other  [  ]:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Food in 
general (ICS Code: 67.040)  
5. Title, num ber of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft MOPH 
Notification, B.E. ..., entitled " Genetically Modified Foods (GMFs)" (34 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  In order to ensure the high level of protection of human health 
and consumer's concerns while providing fair marketing, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) 
is proposing the draft notification on Genetically Modified Foods. This notification set the 
control m easures for Food containing or consisting of Genetically Modified 
Organisms  (GMOs) or produced from GMOs including plants, animals and 
microorganisms;  
1. Prescribed foods containing or produced from GMOs (Genetically Modified Foods; 
GMFs ) have not undergone food safety assessment yet which are prohibited to be 
produced, imported or sold in the country. Then, new GMFs other than those lists 
in Annex I must be evaluated by the risk assessors agency recognized by FDA in 
Thailand.  
2. Annex I shows the list of Genetically Modified Plants that have passed food safety 
assessment by the risk assessors agency recognized by FDA in Thailand.  
3. Products consisting of or containing Genetically Modified Microorganisms which are 
capable of multiplicatio n or of transferring genes (e.g. live starter cultures) are 
prohibited for use as food.  
4. Data and Information required for food safety assessment of   GMOs for food use or 
food are provided in;  
4.1 Annex  II: food safety assessment of foods containing or produced from 
Genetically Modified Plants  
4.2 Annex  III: food safety assessment of foods containing or produced from 
Genetically Modified Microorganisms and  
4.3 Annex  VI: food safety assessment of foods containing or produced from 
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  5. The Applicant shall submit the method of analysis and also the reference material 
to the competent laboratory for the detection and identification of the 
transformation event in the food and/or in foods produced from it.  
6. Labelling requirement f or GMFs have been stated in the MoPH Notification Re: 
Labelling for pre -packaged foods and in the draft of MoPH Notification Re: Labelling 
for Genetically modified Foods.  
7. An importer of GMFs are required to bear certified document or evidences show 
that GMFs have passed a food safety assessment in the country.  
8. Foods containing or consisting of Genetically Modified Plants which are not included 
in Annex I and on the market before the enforcement of this notification shall 
submit information for food sa fety assessment within five years from the date of 
entry into force of this notification  
9. Once a GMFs has been authorised, it shall re -assessed if there are any adverse 
effect occurs or there are new scientific evidence show the significant effect on 
health of the approved GMFs.  
10. This notification shall come into force on 90th day after being notified in the Royal 
Gazette.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
1) Guideline  For The Conduct Of Food Safety Assessment Of Foods Derived From 
Recombinant -DNA Plants (CAC/GL 45 -2003).  
2) Guideline  For The Conduct Of Food Safety Assessment Of Foods Produced Using 
Recombinant -DNA Microorganisms (CAC/GL 46 -2003).  
3) Guideline  For The Conduct Of Food Safety Assessment Of Foods Derived From 
Recombinant DNA Animals (CAC/GL 68 -2008).  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  90 days after being notified in the Official Gazette.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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  
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