G/SPS/N/THA/662  
20 June 2023  
(23-4216) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The Office of 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 (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:  Draft Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Notification, 
No. … B.E. …. (....) issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 entitled "Food supplement 
(No. 5)" . Language(s):  Thai and  English . Number of pages:  2 and 2  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/THA/23_10428_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/SPS/THA/23_10428_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise th e 
MOPH notification concerning "Food Supplement" as follows:  
Clause 1. Clause 5(5) of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 293) B.E. 2548 
entitled "Food supplement" dated 15 December B.E. 2548 (2005) shall be repealed and 
replaced with the  following texts:  
"(5) Contains the type of vitamins or minerals with maximum level as specified in the 
annex of this notification, and shall not be less than 15% of the Thai reference daily 
intakes -THAI RDIs of the notification of the Ministry of Public H ealth entitled "Nutrition 
labeling" for food supplements whose purpose as to give vitamins or minerals."  
Clause 2. Food supplements containing vitamins and minerals are permitted complied with 
the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 293) B.E.  2548 entitled "Food 
supplement" dated 15 December B.E. 2548 (2005) prior to the date of this notification 
come into force can still be sold but not more than three years from the date of this 
notification come into force.  
Clause 3. This notification shall  come into force after 180 days from its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  
This draft has also been notified in the TBT notification.  
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.   G/SPS/N/THA/662  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related tex t):  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[X] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[ ] 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:   
(1) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 293) B.E. 2548 entitled "Food 
supplement"  
(2) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 182) B.E. 2541 (1998) entitled 
"Nutrition Labelling"  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publicatio n (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : 180 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X]  Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 19 August 2023  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notification 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail a ddress (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/  
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:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spsthailand.net/