. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/166 
26 November 2004 
 
 (04-5169) 
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):   Foods for Infants and 
Follow-up Formula Foods for Infants and Young Children (ICS 67.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Notification of 
the Ministry of Public Health No. ... , B.E. ... , entitled "Food for Infant and Follow-up 
Formula Food for Infant and Young Children (No. 2)" (1 page, in Thai) 
6. Description of content:   It is deemed necessary to prev ent the children from tooth cavities 
and obesity and related adverse health effect s caused by feeding infants with sweetened 
foods.  The MOPH is proposing to amend th e Notification of MOPH No. 157 (B.E. 2537) 
dated 14 October B.E. 2537 (1994) as follows: 
(1) Item 4.6 amended as "filling sugar, hone y or any other sweetener is prohibited, 
except for: 
 (a) Lactose or other non-sugar carbohydrate that its sweetness is equal or less 
than lactose. 
 (b) Food for infant and follow-up formula food for infant and young children 
with malfunction of digestion, absorption of certain food allergy subject to the prior approval by the Thai FDA. 
(2) Item (c) shall be added to item 11.2. 10 and 11.2.11 of the Notification No. 157 
as follows: 
 (c) "Statement of "sugar, honey or any other sweetener should not be added as 
it may cause the infants and young children tooth cavities and obesity" shall be legible by the letter size of at least 2 mm. in conjunction with other 
caution labelling. 
(3) Producers, importers of the foods men tioned above which have been registered 
shall submit the application in accord ance with this amendment within 180 G/TBT/N/THA/166 
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(one hundred and eighty) days, but the current label shall be applicable not 
beyond 1(one) year upon the effective date of this notification. 
(4) This notification shall be effective af ter being notified in the National Gazette 
beyond 90 days. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of Trade Secrets 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Beyond 90 days after being notified in 
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