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G/SPS/N/THA/207 
8 October 2012 
 (12-5437) 
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 numbe r(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 (including domestically produced foods)  
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Thai FDA Notification entitled "Methods of 
Analysis"    Language(s):  Thai  Number of pages:  7 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) entitled "Methods of 
Analysis" as follows: 
Methods of Analysis shall follow to the criteria as prescribed in Draft Thai FDA 
notification. 
This draft notification shall come into force after 180 days following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette.  
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Codex Committee on Methods of  Analysis and Sampling 
[ ] 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 G/SPS/N/THA/207 
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   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:  -   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  After the approval by the Food and Drug 
Committee. 
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) :  180 days after being notified in the Official 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) :  7 December 2012 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Comm odity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand Tel:  +(662) 561 4024 
Fax:  +(662) 561 4034 or +(662) 561 41088 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification 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 4024 Fax:  +(662) 561 4034 or +(662) 561 41088 E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th