G/SPS/N/THA/584  
 
18 October 2022  
(22-7835) 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:  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):  Food in general (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 Notification (MOPH), 
No. ... B.E. ..., entitled "Food Containing Pesticide Residues (No.  4)". Language(s):  Thai 
and English . Number of pages:  4 and 4  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/THA/22_6978_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/SPS/THA/22_6978_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  For consumer protection, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is  
proposing to revise the MOPH Notification concerning the maximum residue level of 
pesticides in food through a risk -based framework focused on either short -term (acute) or 
long-term (chronic) exposures using Thai food consumption data and field trial data . 
The main elements of the draft notification are as follows:  
1. Added the provision of Section 6(8) of the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979) in conjunction 
with Clause 4/1; prescribed  food containing pesticide defined as Hazardous Substances 
Type 4 in Annex 1 of the  MOPH Notification concerning the maximum residue level of 
pesticides in food; are prohibited from being produced, imported or sold ; 
2. Add the definition of processed food and criteria for consideration maximum residue 
limit for processed food of the MOPH No tification No.  387; 
3. Revised the of Maximum Residue Limit (MRL) for Carbaryl in mangosteen in the 
annex  2 of the MOPH Notification No.  387; 
4. The following Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) are added to annex 2 of the MOPH 
Notification No.  387, as follows:  
 Pesticide  Commodity  
 Carbaryl  Mangosteen  
 Thiamethoxam  Pineapple  
 Imidacloprid  Pineapple  
 Dinotefuran  Pineapple  
 Fluopyram  Mango  
 Fluopyram  Longan  
 Trifloxystrobin  Mango  
 Trifloxystrobin  Longan  
5. This draft Notification shall come into force after the date of its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  G/SPS/N/THA/584  
 
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  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.   
8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) : Codex Standard entitled "Codex Pesticide Residues in 
Food" 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :  
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:   
− Notification of the Ministry of Public Health, No. 387 (B.E. 2560) (2017) Title: Food 
Containing Pesticide Residues, issued on 18 August 2017  
− Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.  393) B.E 2561 (2018) Issued by virtue 
of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues 
in Food) (No.  2) 
− Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.  419) B.E 2563 (2020) Issued by virtue 
of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues 
in Food) (No.  3) 
(available in Thai and English)  
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) : To be determined.  
11. Proposed date of entry into force: [  ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) : The day after its publication in the Royal Thai 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) : 17 December 2022  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [X]  National Notificati on 
Authority, [X]  National Enquiry Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (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/