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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/98
2 July 2003
(03-3517)
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:  The Office of 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):   Cattle beef and products of cattle origin, gelatin and collagen
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:   The
United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Ireland, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, the
Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Liechtenste in, Luxembourg, Spain, Czech Republic, Greece,
Japan, Slovak Republic, Slovenia , Austria, Finland and Israel
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   The Ministry of Public
Health Notification No. 260 dated 28 August 2002 entitled "Food Prohibited to Import or
Sale" (2 pages, available in Thai)
6. Description of content:   As the occurrences of BSE were found in a large number of
countries, the Minister of P ublic Health, with the utmost  concern for protecting the
consumers, is authorized to notify the public that:
(i) the prohibited food for import or sale under the Ministry of Public  Health Notification
No. 240 (2001) was repealed;
(ii) the following food is prohibited for import or sale:
(a) cattle beef and products of cattle origin originating from the BSE risk countries as
mentioned above, except
a.1. milk and milk products;
a.2. gelatin and collagen produced from its skin;  however, these products must
be accompanied by a certificate of skin origin proved to be safe for
consumption, issued either by the competent authority of the producing
country or the private agency accredited by the competent authority;  andG/SPS/N/THA/98
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(b) gelatin produced from bone except where ther e is a certificate of bone origin issued
either by the competent authority of the producing country or a private agency
accredited by the competent authority.  If the origin of the bone is from a country
listed above, the additional declaration must be provided that:
b.1. all parts of skull, vertebrates and spiral cord have been segregated;b.2. the alkaline process or acid-alkaline process for disease agent reducing must
be in place at the heat time/parameters of at  least 138°C/4 sec or any other method using the
same standard.
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. International standard, gu ideline or recommendation:
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] Office International des Epizooties,
[   ] International Plant Prot ection Convention, [ X ] None
If an international standard , guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   The official gazette,
volume 119, special chapter 91 d, dated 30 September 2002 (2 pages, available in Thai).
10. Proposed date of adoption:   -
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   1 October 2002
12. Final date for comments:   -
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ X ] National notification
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (ifavailable) of other body:
13. Texts available from:  [ X ] National notification authority,  [ X ] National enquiry
point,  or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:
Authority designated to handle comments:
Enquiry point
National Bureau of Agriculture Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS)
Division of Agriculture Commod ity and Food Standards Policy
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200
Thailand
Tel: (662) 629 8970
Fax: (662) 629 8978Website: www.acfs.go.th
E-mail: acfspol@acfs.go.th