. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/162 
26 November 2004 
 (04-5164) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   The Office of Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) 
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:         
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 Additives 
(ICS 67.220.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of the 
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) No. 281, B.E. 2547 (2004), entitled "Food Additives"  (4 pages, in Thai) 
6. Description of content:   It is deemed necessary to amend the measures regarding food 
colouring, flavouring and other food a dditives in line with the present food safety 
circumstances and the improvement of cons umer protection.  The MOPH Notification 
No. 21 (B.E. 2522), No. 38 (B.E. 2522), No. 55 (B.E. 2524), No. 66 (B.E. 2525), No. 84 (B.E. 2527), and No. 119 (B.E. 2532) have b een cancelled and superseded by this 
notification as follows:  (1) Food Additives are "specific controlled foods". 
 
(2) Food Additive means material normally not being foods or essential food 
components, no matter how nutritious it is, but being added in the food for other 
purposes including packed materials put in food such as desiccants. 
 
(3) The quality or standard requirements of f ood additives and method of analysis shall 
follow the Codex Advisory Specification for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives or any other methods approved by the Thai FDA. 
 (4) The application of food additives shall follow the Codex General Standard of food 
additives. 
 (5) The application of food additives other than the conditions stipulated in (4) and 
being approved by the Thai FDA before the effective date of this notification shall 
be corrected in compliance with this notification within 1 (one) year upon the effective date. G/TBT/N/THA/162 
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(6) Producers, importers of food additives for sales shall observe the MOPH 
Notification regarding production method,  equipments and storage of foods. 
 (7) The packaging of food additives shall observe the MOPH Notification regarding 
food packaging. 
 (8) The labelling of food additives shall obser ve the MOPH Notification regarding food 
labelling. 
 
(9) The official documents on registration of food recipe, label or food serial number 
issued before the effective date of this no tification shall be applicable if relevant 
with the provisions herein, but if not releva nt or contrary with the provision, herein, 
its shall be applicable within 1 (one) year upon the effective date. 
 
(10) This notification shall be effective after being notified in the National Gazette. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   - 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  18 August 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  One day after being notified in the National Gazette 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after notification date to WTO Members 
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:   
  National Bureau of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
 Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy  3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road  Bangkok 10200  Thailand 
  
 Tel.: (662) 629-8970  Fax: (662) 629-8978  Web site:   www.acfs.go.th  E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th