G/TBT/N/THA/652  
14 December 2021  
(21-9332) 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:  Thai Food and Drug Administration  
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 above:   
WTO/TBT Enqui ry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel.: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (662) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Hazardous 
Substances  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Labels of Hazardous Substances 
Responsible for the Food and Drug Administration ( No. ..) B.E. .... (1 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  Ministry of Public Health has proposed the draft Notification of 
the Ministry of Public Health Re: Labels of Hazardous Substances Responsible for the Food 
and Drug Administration (No. ..) B .E. .... The purpose of this draft notification further to 
amend the Notification of Ministration of Public Health Re: Labels of Hazardous Substances 
under Responsibility of Food and Drug Administration B.E. 2558 (2015). Regarding the 
hazardous substances manufactured, sold and possessed in the Kingdom of Thailand, the 
signal words (danger/warnings) will be added to the list of obligatory product's label 
elements, for small packages (the containers are too small to display all messages). The 
other existing obligatory product's label elements for small containers are as follows: 
Name and ratio of active ingredients (AI) which are hazardous substances identified in 
chemical names or IUPAC names, trade name (if available), and hazard pictograms; while 
other obl igatory label elements can be put on the leaflets or on the packaging labels. This 
new notification also mentions that the manufacturers and importers of the hazardous 
substances, who have notified information of   the hazardous substance type 1 or 
register ed the hazardous substances type 2 and type 3   prior to the effective date of this 
notification, can use the labels (legally follow the Notification of Ministration of Public 
health Re: The Label of Hazardous Substances under responsibility of Food and Dru g 
Administration B.E. 2558) no more than one year from the effective date of this new 
notification.  G/TBT/N/THA/652  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
- Notification of the Ministry of Public Health RE: Labels of Hazardous Substances under 
Responsibility of Food and Drug Administration B.E. 2558 (2015)  
- Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) Eighth 
revised edition 20 19 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  Approximately Dec 2021  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Approximately Dec 2021  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point and Notification Authority  
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry  
Tel.: (662) 430 6831 ext. 2130  
Fax: (66 2) 354 3041  
E-mail: thaitbt@tisi.mail.go.th  
Website: http://www.tisi.go.th  
 
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