. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/77
14 November 2001
(01-5778)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  HS Chapter 2106, ICS:  67.040 (Food products in general)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification of the Ministry of
Public Health (No….) B.E…. Food for Special Purpose (3 pages, available in Thai
language)
5. Description of content:  The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.90)
B.E.2528(1985) Labelling of Food for Special Purpose dated 11 July B.E.2528(1985) is
withdrawn.  Good Manufacturing Practice shall be applied for production.  In addition, this
notification prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification
Food for special purpose is cla ssified into two types, i.e.:
(a) Food for use by patients suffering from specific diseases or persons with 
abnormal physical conditions;
(b) Food for use by persons who have special purpose in consumption of food, 
such as food for the person wishing to control body weight, food for the 
elderly, food for pregnant women, etc.
(2) Food for special purpose is food subject to labelling.  The label shall be approved
before use and shall be in accordance with the ministerial notification regarding
labelling.
(3) The label of food for special purpose shall contain information, in Thai language
but may be accompanied by foreign languages, on the name of food;  food serialnumber;  name and address of place of manufacture, repacker or importer, as the
case may be;  net content in metric system;  main ingredients in percentage by
approximate weight in descending orde r with the amount and proportion of the
nutrients when compared in percentage to the nutrients that should be consumed
daily per the prescription of the World Health Organization;  month and year ofmanufacture and expiry date or date, month and year within which food remains in
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Licences for food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this ministerial notification
will still be valid for not more than two years.
Producers or importers who received licences pr ior to the enforcement of this ministerial
notification must apply for food serial numbe r within one year after this ministerial
notification comes into force.  Upon submitting the application, the former labels can stillbe valid for not more than two years.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
Publication in which the notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined.
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Food Control Division
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Thanon Tiwanond, Amphoe Muang
Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
Tel:  +(66 2) 590-7214
Fax:  + (66 2) 591-8476