. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/THA/165 
26 November 2004 
 
 (04-5170) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated 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:   The Office of Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) 
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):   Filled Milk for Infants 
and Young Children Dairy Products (ICS 67.100) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:   Draft Notification of 
the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) No. ... , entitled "Filled Milks for Infants and 
Follow-up Formula Filled Milk for Infant and Young Children (No. 2)" (1 page, in Thai) 
6. Description of content:   It is deemed necessary to prev ent the children from tooth cavities 
and obesity caused by feeding the infants w ith sweetened foods.  The MOPH is proposing 
to amend the Notification of MOPH No. 156,  B.E. 2537 (1994) dated 19 December 
B.E. 2537 (1994) as follows: 
(1) Item 4.7 amended as "4.7 filling sugar, honey or any other swee tener is prohibited, 
except for: 
 (a) Lactose or other non-sugar carbohydrate that its sweetness is equal or less 
than lactose. 
 (b) Filled milk for infant and follow- up formula for infant and young children 
with malfunction of digestion, absorption or food allergy s ubject to the Thai 
FDA approval". 
(2) Item (c) will be added to item 11.2.10 and 11.2.11 as: 
 (c) "Statement of "sugar, honey or any other sweetener should not be added as 
it may cause infant and young children tooth cavities and obesity" shall be legible by the letter size of at least 2 mm. in conjunction with other caution 
labelling. 
(3) Producers, importers of the filled milks mentioned above which have been formerly 
registered shall submit the applicati on in accordance with this notification 
within 180 (one hundred and eighty) days, but  the current label shall be applicable 
for not more than 1 year after the effective date. G/TBT/N/THA/165 
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(4) This notification shall be effective af ter being notified in the National Gazette 
beyond 90 days.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of consumer 
8. Relevant documents:   - 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:  Beyond 90 days after being notified in the 
National Gazette 
10. Final date for comments:   60 days after notification date to WTO Members 
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:   
 National Bureau of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
 Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy 
 3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road 
 Bangkok 10200  Thailand    Tel.: (662) 629-8970  Fax: (662) 629-8978 
 Web site:  www.acfs.go.th 
 E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th