G/TBT/N/THA/679  
17 October 2022  
(22-7759) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 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 , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from a bove:   
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3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Pre 
packaged foods (ICS 67.230).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft MOPH 
Notification, B.E, entitled "The Labelling of Pre -packaged foods "; (8 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH notification concerning " The Labelling of Pre -packaged foods " as follows:  
a. The notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 367) B.E. 2557 (2014) The 
Labelling of Pre -packaged foods dated 8 May, the notification of the Ministry of Public 
Health (No. 383) B.E. 2560 (2017) The Labelling of Pre -packaged foods (No.2) dated 27 
February, the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 401) B.E. 2562 (2019) The 
Labelling of Pre -packaged foods  (No.3) dated 25 April and the notification of the Ministry 
of Public Health (No. 410) B.E. 2562 (2019) The Labelling of Pre -packaged foods (No.4) 
dated 14 August are withdrawn and replaced by this ministerial notification;  
b. This notification prescribes that pre -packaged food which manufactured, imported for 
sale and intended for sale to final consumer shall be labelled. Product label shall provide 
the following information in Thai: (1) Product name (2) Serial number (if any) (3) 
Importer or manufacturer' s name and address (4) Metric declaration of quantity (5) 
Ingredient list (6) Allergens and substances causing hypersensitivity as defined in item 
5(6) as follows:  
(6.1) Cereals containing gluten, i.e. wheat, rye, barley, oat, spelt, or their hybridized 
strains and their products; except  
(a) Wheat based glucose syrups including dextrose;  
(b) Wheat based maltodextrins;  
(c) Glucose syrups based on barley;  G/TBT/N/THA/679  
 
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  (d) Alcohol distillated from cereals;  
(6.2) Crustacea i.e. crab, shrimp, mantis shrimp, lobster and their products;  
(6.3) Eggs and egg products;  
(6.4) Fish and fish products; except fish gelatine used as carrier for vitamin or carotenoid 
preparations;  
(6.5) Peanut and their products;  
(6.6) Soybean and their products; except  
(a) Fully refined soybean oil and fat;  
(b) Natural mixed tocopherols (INS06), natural D -alpha -tocopherol, natural DL -alpha -
tocopherol, natural D -alpha -tocopheryl acetate, natural DL - alpha -tocopheryl acetate, 
natural D -alpha -tocopheryl acid succinate from soybean sources;  
(c) Vegetable  oils derived phytosterols and phytosterol esters from soybean sources;  
(d) Plant stanol ester produced from vegetable oil sterols from soybean sources;  
(6.7) Milk and dairy products including lactose; except lactitol from milk and milk 
products.  
(6.8) Tre e nuts and their products, i.e. almond, walnut, pecan, etc.;  
(6.9) Sulphite at concentrations of 10 mg/kg or more.  
(7) Type of food additives permitted for use shall be provided together with the specific 
name or INS code  
(8) Best before date for products with shelf life <3 months or display in month and year 
format for products capable to store more than 3 months;  
(9) other required information such as: cooking or storage instruction. In case of imported 
pre-packaged food which is not for retail sales or f ood catering; it may be labelled in 
English.  
c. Manufacturers or importers or sellers of food shall not sell food which is overdue from 
the expiration date or consume before date as specified on the label.  
d. Labelling of food imported for sale with other languages besides English or Thai 
language, translation of the label into Thai language shall be approved for accuracy, 
evidence document of the imported food shall be presented for compliance of the food as 
approval. Label of food ready to sell in Thai la nguage shall be complete on the day of 
import or before the day of release by the officer. however, arrangement for accuracy of 
label in Thai language according to item 5 by importer whom deliver evidence to check 
point officer to release under the criteri a of arrangement of label in Thai language under 
item 5 prior to place on sale within 30 days as from the day of import.  
e. The name of the food product must be marked using a font size no less than 2 mm 
unless the label area of less than 35 cm2  
f. The foo d product's serial number and metric declaration of quantity, as well as the 
name and address of a manufacturer, ingredients list, additives, allergens and substances 
causing hypersensitivity, must be marked using font size at least 1 mm, or 1.5 mm on 
label area of less than 100 cm2, and more than 100 cm2, respectively. Ingredients list 
must be marked on the label unless the label area of less than 35 cm2.  
g. This notification shall not be applied with the followings: (1) Food that seller can provide 
inform ation to consumer at the time purchased, such as street vendors; (2) Fresh food; 
(3) cut fresh food or similar product, in package that can be seen the nature or quality of 
the foods; (4) the food that is ready for consumption in restaurant, hotel, school,  hospital 
or food packaged for home order delivery.  
h. Any producer or importer of food prior to this notification is enforced shall submit 
application for the label correction in compliance with this notification and the old labels 
can be used for a perio d of two years after this notification becomes effective.  G/TBT/N/THA/679  
 
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  i. This notification shall come into force 180 days after its publication in the Official 
Gazette.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
CODEX STAN 1 -1985: Labelling of Pre -packaged Food.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  180 days after the date of its publication in the 
Government Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, 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 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
http://www.spsthailand.net/  
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