. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/118 
30 November 2004 
 (04-5192) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Food Additives (ICS 67.220.22) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Notification of the 
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) N°. 281, B.E. 2547 (2004), entitled "Food additives" (4 
pages in Thai) 
6. Description of content:  It is deemed necessary to amend the measures regarding food 
coloring, flavoring and other food additives in line with the present f ood safety circumstances 
and the improvement of consumer protection.   The MOPH Notification No. 21 (B.E. 2522), 
No. 38 (B.E. 2522), No. 55 (B.E. 2524), No. 66 (B.E. 2525), No. 84 (B.E. 2527), and 
No. 119 (B.E. 2532) have been ca ncelled and superseded by th is notification as follows: 
1)  Food Additives are "spe cific controlled foods". 
2)  Food Additive means material normally not  being foods or essen tial food components no 
matter how nutritious it is, but being added in the food for other purposes including packed materials put in food such as desiccants. 
3)  The quality or standard of food additives and method of analysis shall follow the Codex 
Advisory Specification for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives or any other methods 
approved by the Thai FDA. 
4)  The applications of food additives shall follow the Codex General Standard of Food 
Additives. 
5)  The application of food additives other th an the conditions stipulated in 4) and being 
approved by the Thai FDA before the effective date of this notification shall be corrected in compliance with this notification within  1 (one) year upon the effective date. 
6)  Producers, importers of food additives fo r sales shall observe the MOPH Notification 
regarding production method, equi pments and storage of foods. 
7)  The packaging of food additives shall observe the MOPH Notification regarding food 
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 8)  The labelling of food additives shall observe the MOPH Notification regarding food 
labeling. 
9)  The official documents on re gistration of food recipe, label or food serial number issued 
before the effective date of this  notification shall be applicable if relevant with the provisions 
herein, but if not relevant or contrary with the provision herein, it shall be applicable within 1 
(one) year upon the effective date. 
10)  This notification shall be effective af ter being notified in the National Gazette. 
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, guideline or recommendation:  
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [   ] 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:  Not available 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   18 August 2004 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   one day after being notified in the National Gazette. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification date to WTO Members. 
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:    
National Bureau of Agricultural Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Policy 3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Thailand Tel:  (662) 629 8970 Fax:  (662) 629 8978 
Website:  www.acfs.go.th 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th 
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: 
National Bureau of Agricultural Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Policy 
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 
Thailand Tel:  (662) 629 8970 Fax:  (662) 629 8978 Website:  www.acfs.go.th 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th