WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/49
15 October 2001
(01-5011)
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,
Email: haistan@tisi.go.th,  stdinfo@tisi.g o.th,  website addres s:  www.ti sii.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):   Maize (corn):
(H.S. Chapter: 10.05,  ICS: 67.060), Vegetables and derived products:  (HS Chapter: 1201,
ICS: 67.080.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No. ..) B.E…. Labelling of Food Obtained through Certain
Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering (2 pages, available in English).
6. Description of content:
1. The following foods obtained through certain techniques of genetic
modification/genetic engineering shall be subjected to label:
(1)   Soybean;
(2)   Tofu (soybean curd) and fried tofu;
(3)   Dried soybean curd, soybean refuse, yabu;
(4)   Natto (fermented soybean);(5)   Soybean milk;
(6)   Soybean paste;
(7)   Cooked soybean;
(8)   Canned or bottled or retort pouch soybean;G/TBT/N/THA/49
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(9)   Roasted soybean flour;
(10)  Roasted soybean;
(11)  Food containing item 1 and 10 as main ingredient;
(12)  Food containing soybean flour as main ingredient;
(13)  Food containing soybean protein as main ingredient;(14)  Food containing green soybean as main ingredient;
(15)  Food containing soybean sprounts as main ingredient;
(16)  Corn;
(17)  Corn snack;
(18)  Corn flour;
(19)  Popcorn;
(20)  Frozen or chilled corn;(21)  Canned or bottled or retortable corn;
(22)  Food containing corn flour as main ingredient;
(23)  Food containing corn grits as main ingredient;
(24)  Food containing item 16 to 21 as main ingredient.
2. The label of the foods mentioned in 1, shall be subjected to the following
Notifications:
− The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health of certain products
− The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.194) B.E.2543(2000)
Re: Label, with exception of Clause 3(1) name of foods and Clause 3(5) name of
ingredients shall be as follows:
(a) For foods which have only one main ingredient, the label should provide
the statement of "genetically modified" in conjunction with, or in close
proximity to the name of the foods under 1 such as "genetically modified
corn", "tofu produced from genetically modified soybean" etc.
For multi-ingredients foods, the label should provide the statement of "genetically
modified" in conjunction with, or in close proximity to, or under the name of top three
ingredients of food products such as "genetically modified corn starch" etc.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer productionG/TBT/N/THA/49
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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 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
Website address:  www.fda.moph.go.th
Tel: +(66 2) 590-7214
Fax: +(66 2) 591-8476