G/TBT/N/THA/682  
17 October 2022  
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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:   
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):  Natural 
Mineral Water (HS code : 22.01; ICS Code : 67.160.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Minis try 
of Public Health (MOPH) Notification, No. … B.E. .... issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 
2522 entitled "Natural Mineral Water".; (3 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  In order to comply with the maximum level of certain 
contaminants provi ded in the Standard for Natural Mineral Waters (CODEX STAN 108 -
1981 which has been amended since 2019, the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health 
(No. 199) B.E. 2543 (2000) should be amended which;  
1. the MOPH Notification No. 199 (BE. 2543) issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 
entitled "Mineral water" of 19 September B.E. 2543 will be repealed and replaced by this 
draft of MOPH Notification.  
2. In this Notification, "Natural Mineral Water" is water that clearly distinguished from 
ordinary drin king water by its content of certain mineral salts and other compositions that 
are due to the specific qualities of its source of origin. According to the Groundwater Act, 
it shall be obtained from natural sources of underground water, where it is not a su rface 
water and the environmental or land -use activities do not cause contamination of 
groundwater.  
3. Natural Mineral Water can be categorized into 5 types as follow;  
3.1 Naturally carbonated natural mineral water  
3.2 Non -carbonated natural mineral water  
3.3 Decarbonated natural mineral water  
3.4 Natural mineral water fortified with carbon dioxide from the source  
3.5 Carbonated natural mineral water  G/TBT/N/THA/682  
 
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  4. Natural Mineral Water shall be packaged close to the point of emergence of the source 
with treatmen ts permitted, including;  
(1) gas adjustment,  
(2) separation from unstable constituents, such as compounds containing iron, 
manganese, sulphur or arsenic, by decantation and/or filtration, if necessary, accelerated 
by the previous aeration.  
Moreover, Natura l Mineral Water shall be collected under conditions guaranteeing the 
original chemical composition of essential components. The treatments provided above 
shall only be carried out on condition that the mineral content of the water is not modified 
in its es sential constituents, which give the water its properties.  
5. Natural mineral water in its package shall contain no more than the following amounts 
of the substances or microbiology indicated here:  
5.1 Heavy metal;  
(1) Antimony 0.005 mg/l  
(2) Arsenic 0.01 mg/l, calculated as total As  
(3) Barium 0.7 mg/l1  
(4) Borate 5 mg/l, calculated as B  
(5) Cadmium 0.003 mg/l  
(6) Chromium 0.05 mg/l, calculated as total Cr  
(7) Copper 1 mg/l  
(8) Lead 0.01 mg/l  
(9) Manganese 0.4 mg/l  
(10) Mercury 0.001 mg/l  
(11) Nickel 0.02 mg/l 
(12) Selenium 0.01 mg/l  
5.2 other substances  
(1) Cyanide 0.07 mg/l  
(2) Nitrate 50 mg/l, calculated as nitrate  
(3) Nitrite 0.1 mg/l as nitrite  
(4) Free from (below the limit of quantification) Surface active agents  
(5) Free from (below the limit of quantification) Pesticides  
(6) Free from (below the limit of quantification) PCBs  
(7) Free from (below the limit of quantification) Mineral oil  
(8) Free from (below the limit of quantification) Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons  
5.3 Microbiology  
(1) E. Coli  2.2 (MPN) / 100 milliliter  
(2) free from Escherichia coli  
(3) Pathogens as indicated in the MOPH notification (No. 416) B.E. 2563 Re: Prescribing 
the quality or standard, principles, conditions and methods of analysis for pathogenic 
microorganisms in food s. 
6. Natural Mineral Water shall be produced and controlled according to the MOPH 
Notification on Good Manufacturing Practices which may be subjected to treatments 
during the bottling process as a disinfectant (e.g. Ultraviolet) to inhibit the growth of 
harmful microorganisms cross -contamination when necessary.  G/TBT/N/THA/682  
 
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  7. Natural mineral water shall be packed in hermetically sealed retail containers suitable 
for preventing the possible adulteration or contamination of water.  
8. In addition to the general labelling  requirement according to the MOPH Notification for 
the Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, the following provisions shall apply:  
8.1 The name of the product shall be "natural mineral water", which may be accompanied 
by a trading name.  
8.2 Type of Natural Mine ral Water in accordance with Section 3  
8.3 The location of the source or the name of the source.  
8.4 Chemical composition which gives characteristics to the product  
8.5 If natural mineral water has been submitted to a treatment the result of the treatment 
shall be declared on the label.  
8.6 If the product contains;  
(1) more than 1 mg/l of fluoride, the term "contains fluoride" shall appear on the label as 
part of, or in close proximity to, the product's name or in an otherwise prominent position.  
(2) more t han 1.5 mg/l fluorides. the following sentence, "The product is not suitable for 
infants and children under the age of seven years", should be included on the label in 
addition to (1)  
9. Labelling prohibitions;  
9.1 No claims concerning medicinal (preventat ive, alleviative or curative) effects or claims 
of other beneficial effects related to the health of the consumer shall not be made unless 
true and not misleading.  
9.2 The name of the locality or specified place may not form part of the trade name unless 
it refers to natural mineral water collected at the place designated by that trade name.  
9.3 The use of any statement or any pictorial device which may create confusion in the 
mind of the public or in any way mislead the public about the nature, origin, com position 
and properties of natural mineral waters put on sale is prohibited.  
10. Producers or importers of Natural Mineral Water which approved for marketing prior 
to the Notification come into force shall comply with this Notification within two years 
from the date this Notification come into force;  
11. This notification shall enter into force after 180 days of its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
1) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 182 B.E. 2541 (1998) entitled 
"Nutrition Labelling"  
2) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 219) B.E. 2544 (2001) entitled 
"Nutrition  Labelling (No. 2)"  
3) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 392 B.E. 2561 (2018) entitled 
"Nutrition Labelling (No. 3)"  
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  G/TBT/N/THA/682  
 
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  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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