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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/34
22 January 2001
(01-0306)
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 0901, ICS:  67.140.20 (Coffee and coffee substitutes)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No…), B.E.2543(2000) Coffee (5 pages, available in Thai language)
5. Description of content:  The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.77)
B.E.2527(1984) Coffee dated 13 January 1984, the Notification of the Ministry of
Public Health (No.132) B.E.2533(1990) Coffee (No.2) dated 15 October 1990 and the
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.181) B.E.2540(1997) Coffee (No.3)
dated 21 November 1997 are withdrawn.  Good Manufacturing Practice shall be appliedfor production of coffee. In addition, this notification prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification of roasted coffee
- Coffee
- Mixed coffee
- Decaffeinated coffee
- Instant coffee
- Mixed instant coffee- Decaffeinated instant coffee
Ready to drink coffee in sealed containers must also meet the
requirements of this ministerial notification.
(2) Quality or standards, i.e. odour and flavour, content of caffeine, total
ash, sugar and humidity
(3) Permissible limits of preservative agents, i.e. sulphur dioxide not
exceeding 70 mg./1 kg. of roasted coffee and benzoic acid or zorbic acid
or their salts not exceeding 200 mg./1 kg. of ready-to-drink coffee.
(4) Containers
(5) Labelling
Licences for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification will be valid for 2 years.
Producers or importers who received lice nces prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification must apply for licences within one year after this ministerial
notification comes into force. Upon submitting the application, the former labels canstill be valid for 2 years.G/SPS/N/THA/34
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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:  19 September 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the WTO 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: