. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/31
22 January 2001
(01-0305)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  , Ministry of Public Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  HS Chapter 2202, ICS:  67.160.01 (Beverages in general)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No…), B.E.2543(2000) Beverages in Seal ed Containers (5 pages, available in Thai
language)
5. Description of content: The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.62)
B.E.2524(1981) Beverages in Sealed Containers dated 7 September 1981 and the
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.180) B.E.2542(1999) Beverages in
Sealed Containers (No.2) dated 12 November 1999 are withdrawn.  Good
Manufacturing Practice shall be applied for production of beverages in sealed
containers.  In addition, this ministerial notification prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification of beverages
(a) Water mixed with carbon dioxide or oxygen;
(b) Beverages which contain or are made from fruits, plants or
vegetables, whether or not mixed with carbon dioxide or oxygen;
(c) Beverages which contain or are made from mixtures which
contain no fruit, plant or vegetable whether or not mixed with
carbon dioxide or oxygen;
(d) Concentrated beverages as defined in clause (b) or (c) which must
be diluted before consuming;
(e) Powdered beverages as defined in clause (b) or (c)
(2) Quality or standards, i.e. specific odour and flavour, free from
sediments, Escherichia coli ,  toxic microorganisms, yeasts and moulds;
(3) Permissible limits of contaminants, i.e. arsenic, lead, copper, zinc, iron,
tin and sulphur dioxide not exceeding 0.2, 0.5, 5, 5, 15, 250 and
10 mg./1 kg. of beverages, respectively.
(4) Permissible limit of preservative agents, i.e. sulphur dioxide not
exceeding 70 mg./1 kg. of beverages, benzoic acid or sorbic acid or their
salts not exceeding 200 mg./1 kg. of beverages.
(5)  Containers
(6) Labelling
Licences for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification will be valid for 2 years.G/SPS/N/THA/31
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Producers or importers who received licences pr ior to the enforcement of this notification
must apply for licences within one year after this notification comes into force.  Upon
submitting the application, the former labels will still be valid for not over than 2 years after
this notification comes into force.
6. 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           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
Publication in which the notification is published when adopted:
-   Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 September 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the WTO circulation date
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:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: