./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/33
12 June 2001
(01-2886)
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, E-mail :
thaistan@tisi.go.th, stdinfo@tisi.go.th, website address: www.tisi.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):  Drinking water
(HS: 2201, ICS: 13.060.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No….) B.E.2544 (2001) Drinking Water in Sealed Containers(No.3) (8 pages, available in Thai language)
6. Description of content:  Drinking Water in Sealed Containers is required to be
processed in accordance with specified production methods, tools and equipment used in
the production and storage process. Good Manufacturing Practices for Drinking Water
in Sealed Containers, which covers the following items, shall be applied :
(1)  Premises and production buildings;
(2)  Tool, machinery and equipment used in the production process;
(3)  Water resource;
(4)  Water treatment;
(5)  Containers;
(6)  Cleaning and sanitizing agents;
(7)  Filling;
(8)  Quality control;
(9)  Sanitation;
(10)  Personnel and personal hygiene;
(11)  Record keeping.
Manufacturers shall comply with these arrangements. Importers shall provide
certificates of satisfaction of these arrangements or with a level not lower than these
arrangements.G/TBT/N/THA/33
Page 2
Those who received licences for food production or food registration or food labelling prior
to the enforcement of this ministerial notification, which do not comply with this ministerial
notification, shall provide for improvement or certificates, as the case may be, within
2 years from the date of entry into force.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
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 WTO 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
Tel: +(66 2) 590-7214
Fax: +(66 2) 591-8476