G/SPS/N/THA/392  
 
12 May 2021  
(21-4052) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:  - 
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Livestock Development, Ministry of Agriculture and 
Cooperative  
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):  Processed food products (ICS Code: 67.020)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Notification of the Ministry of Agriculture and 
Cooperative Issued by virtue of the Animal Epidemic Act B.E. 2558 entitled "Processed 
food which are considered as animal carcasses under the Animal Epidemic Act B.E. 2558" . 
Language(s):  Thai. Number of pages:  3 
http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2561/E/162/4.PDF  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/SPS/THA/21_3428_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The following processed food products are now considering as 
animal carcasses under the Animal Epidemic Act B.E. 2558:  
Sausages, Chinese sausages, sour pork sausages, salami, ham, bacon, smoked beef, 
smoked pork, smoked mutton, smoked goat, smoked chicken, smoked duck, 
smoked  goose, smoked turkey, smoked ostrich, pickl e beef, pickle pork, pickle mutton, 
pickle  goat, pickle chicken, pickle duck, pickle goose, pickle turkey, pickle ostrich, 
cured  beef, cured pork, cured mutton, cured goat, cured chicken, cured duck, 
cured  goose, cured turkey, cured ostrich, beef burger, p ork burger, chicken burger, 
turkey burger, ostrich burger, mutton burger, goat burger, honey, honeycomb, royal jelly, 
salted eggs or salted egg yolks, preserved eggs.  
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. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  G/SPS/N/THA/392  
 
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  Does this proposed regulation co nform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] Yes   [  ] No 
If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:   
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
The Animal Epidemic Act B.E. 2558  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : 10 September 2018  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : 10 July 2018  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 10 September 2018  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : Not applicable  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address 
(if available) of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  
Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662 ) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/  
13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/