. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/68
28 November 2001
(01-6067)
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:           
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):   HS Chapter: 2106,
ICS: 67.040 (Food products in general)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No. 221) B.E. 2544(2001) Re: Prescribing Types of Foods for
which Food Serial Number is required on the Label (3 pages, available in Thai language)
6. Description of content:
Certain types of foods for which food serial number is required on the label are as
follows:
(1) Food Colour (16) Palm oil
(2) Cow's Milk (17) Coconut oil
(3) Flavoured Milk (18) Peanut oil
(4) Milk Products (19) Chocolate(5) Food Enhancers (20) Fortified rice
(6) Sour Milk (21) Butter
(7) Ice (22) Fermented Egg
(8) Food Additives (23) Ghee
(9) Food for Weight Control (24) Husked Rice Flour(10) Food in Sealed Container (25) Food for Special Purpose
(11) Modified Milk for Infant and (26) Processed Agar and Jelly
Young Children (27) Garlic products
(12) Modified Food for Infant and Young (28) Food containing substances
Children Used to Preserve Quality
(13) Supplementary Food for Infant and or Standard in Containers
Young Children thereof
(14) Drinking Water in Sealed Cont ainer (29) Food containing Aloe Vera
(15) Ice-Cream (30) Chewing gum and candyG/TBT/N/THA/68
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(31) Bread
(32) Flavouring Agent
(33) Cooking Brine
(34) Irradiated Food
Licences for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification will be valid for not more than 2 years.  Producers or importers who
received licences prior to the enforcement of this ministerial notification must apply for
food serial number within one year after this ministerial notification comes into force.
Upon submitting the application, the former labels can still be valid for not more than 2
years.
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 Vol.118, Special Part 70 ngor., dated 26 July 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }24 July 2001
10. Final date for comments:   -
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