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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/37
12 June 2001
(01-2890)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Thai Industrial
Standards Institute (TISI), Tel:  (66 2) 2023512, Fax:  (66 2) 2478734, E-mail:
thaistan@tisi.go.th, stdinfo@tisi.go.th, website address:  www.tisi.go.th          
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):   Milk and milk products
in general (HS: 2105, ICS: 67.100.01)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No….) B.E.2544 (2001) Ice Cream (4 pages, available in Thailanguage)
6. Description of content:   The Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No. 33) B.E.2522
(1979) Ice Cream dated 13 September 1979 and the Notification of the Ministry of Public
Health (No. 101) B.E.2529 (1986) are withdraw n.  Good Manufacturing Practice shall be
applied for production of ice cream.  In addition, this ministerial notification prescribes the
following items:
1. Classification:
(a) Milk Ice Cream;
(b) Modified Ice Cream;
(c) Mixed Ice Cream;
(d) Ice Cream as defined in clause (a), (b) or (c) (liquid or dehydrated or
powder type);
(e) Sherbet or water ice;
2. Processing time and temperature;
3. Quality or standards, i.e. free from preservatives, Escherichia coli, pathogenic
microorganisms and toxin from microorganisms in the amount that may be harmful to
health;4. Containers;
5. Labelling.G/TBT/N/THA/37
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Licences for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification will be valid for 2 years.
Producers or importers who received licences pr ior to the enforcement of this ministerial
notification must apply for licences within one year after this ministerial notification comes
into force.  Upon submitting the application, th e former labels can still be valid for 2 years.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:
Publication in which the Notification is published when adopted:
− Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the WTO circulation date          
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Food Control Division
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Thanon Tiwanond, Amphoe Muang,
Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
Email: foreign.sub@dlt.moct.go.th
Tel: +(66 2) 590-7214
Fax: +(66 2) 591-8476