G/SPS/N/THA/305  
 
15 April 2020  
(20-2917) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA)  
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):  Foods for commercial (ICS Code: 67.040)  
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 Public Health (No.…) 
B.E. … issued by the virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522,  entitled "Production Processes and 
Equipment/ Utensils for Production and Storage of Foods" . Language(s):  Thai. 
Number  of pages:  22 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/THA/20_2619_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  
1. This Notification shall apply to any premises that produce foods for commercial. 
The exemption shall be applied to the following premises/areas in which the 
commercial foods are produced:  
a. Any private building, place or area, with or without dining area, in which foods 
are produced or cooked and sold [in situ] for immediate consumption. 
This exemption shall not apply to the private buildings, places or areas havi ng 
either machines with a total power of at least 5 hp or equivalent or having 
workers of at least 7 people and such establishments produce the specific 
controlled foods, the standard or quality controlled foods, or the foods that 
required label, as the ca se may be.  
b. Food-selling establishments/ Food vending located in public areas or ways.  
c. Premises for production of edible salt.  
d. Premises for sorting and packing of some fresh vegetables and fruits which are 
regulated under the Notification of Ministry of Public Health regarding production 
processes and equipment/utensils for production and storage.  
2. The requirements of GMP consist 5 sections:  
− Section 1 Location, Premise, Cleaning and Maintenance  
− Section 2 Equipment, Machines, Utensils, Productio n tools, Cleaning and 
Maintenance  
− Section 3 Process control  
− Section 4 Sanitation  
− Section 5 Personal hygiene  
3. Food producers shall comply with this regulation. Food importers are required to bear 
certifying documents showing that their production standards a re equivalent to or 
higher than the criteria described in the Annex of this Notification.  G/SPS/N/THA/305  
 
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  4. Producers of the foods listed below shall allocate the production supervisor(s) who 
has (have) successfully completed the FDA -approved training course(s):  
a. Bottled dr inking water, natural mineral water and edible ice which has been 
passed through the filtration or disinfection process.  
b. Ready -to-drink milk products which are pasteurized using the high temperature 
treatment, i.e., cow's milk, flavoured cow's milk, cow's milk products and other 
pasteurized milk products from animal species other than cow. It also applies to 
those having freezing process after pasteurization.  
c. Low acid and acidified foods in hermetically sealed container, i.e., foods which 
have been passed t hrough the thermal process of destroying or inhibiting the 
growth of microorganisms after or before packing or sealing and other foods 
with a finished equilibrium pH greater than 4.6 and water activity greater than 
0.85,which has been passed through the th ermal process and packaged in 
hermetically sealed rigid or flexible metal or other materials containers capable 
of preventing ambient air from entering into the container and which can be 
kept under normal temperature.  
5. Licensees who have been granted a foo d production or importation licences prior to 
the date of entry into force shall comply with this Notification within 180 days as 
from the enforcement date.  
6. This notification shall come into force after 60 days from its publication in the 
Official  Gazette.  
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : (CAC/RCP 53 -2003)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , 
and/or  (dd/mm/yy) : 60 days after being notified in the Official Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   G/SPS/N/THA/305  
 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 14 June 2020  
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 4024  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
http://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:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  
Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4024  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com   
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
http://spsthailand.net