G/TBT/N/THA/704  
20 June 2023  
(23-4212) Page: 1/2 
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):  Foods (ICS 
Code: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) 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) "; (2 page(s), in English), (2 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH notification concerning "Food Supplement" as follows:  
Clause 1. Clause 5(5) of the notification of the Ministr y of Public Health (No 293) B.E. 
2548 entitled "Food supplement" dated 15th 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repealed and replaced with the following texts:  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 th is notification, and shall not be less than 15% of the Thai reference daily 
intakes -THAI RDIs of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health 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 15th December B.E. 2548 (2005) prior to the date of this notification 
come i nto 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 SPS notification.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  G/TBT/N/THA/704  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
(1) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 293) B.E. 2548 entit led "Food 
supplement"  
(2) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 182) B.E. 2541 (1998) entitled 
"Nutrition Labelling"  
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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