(Unofficial)  
Notification of Ministry of Public Health  
(No. 374) B.E.2559 (2016)  
Re. Food products Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and  energy value, sugar, fat, sodium on 
the labels of some kinds of foods Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling  
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To provide Nutrition Labelling along with  Guideline Daily Amounts ; GDA , Labelling  
conta ins energy value, sugar, fat, sodium on the labels of some kinds of foods  for  the benefit of 
consumer and to support preventive measures of  nutritional problems.  
By the virtue of the provisions of Sections 5 and Section 6 (10) of the Food Act 
B.E.2522 (1979), the Minister of Public Health by recommendation of the Food Committee, 
hereby  issues a notification as follows;  
Clause1. The following notification shall be repealed:  
(1) The notification of the Ministry of Public health ( No.305)  B.E.25 50  ( 2007 ) en titled 
“ Labelling of some kinds of ready - to - eat foods ”, dated 30 August  B.E.25 50  ( 2007 )  
(2) The notification of the Ministry of Public health entitled “ Labelling of some kinds 
of ready - to - eat foods ” (No.2), dated 7 May  B.E. 25 54  ( 2011 )  
Clause2. Food produ cts Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily 
Amounts, GDA Labelling are as below:  
(1)  Snack foods including:  
(1.1) Fried or baked potato chips;  
(1.2) Fried or baked popcorns;  
(1.3) Rice crisps or Extruded snack;  
(1.4) Roasted or Salt roaste d or Flavoured pea/nut  
(1.5) Fried or baked or Flavoured seaweed  
(1.6) Fried or baked or Flavoured Fish snack  
(2)  Chocolate and same kind products.  
(3)  Bakery products:  
(3.1) Crackers or biscuits;  
(3.2) Filled wafer.   -  2  -  
 
(3.3) Cookies  
(3.4) Cake  
(3.5) Pie, pastry, both with and without stuffing  
(4)  Semi -  processed Foods  
(4.1) Noodle, a sheet of rice noodle (Guay - Jub), wheat noodle, rice vermicelli and  
mung bean vermicelli.  
(4.2) Kao Tom (Boiled rice) and Joke (Porridge rice)  
(5) Chilled and Frozen Ready -  t o -  eat meal  
Clause 3  Labelling of food in Clause 2  shall be complied with the Notification of  
Ministry of Public Health, Re: Label and notification of the Ministry of Public health  pertaining 
l abel for the particular food and shall also be complied  with this Notification.  
Clause 4  Labelling of food in Clause 2 shall be  
(1) Labelling of Nutrition shall be complied with either  one of the following:  
( 1.1) F ull text of nutrition facts according to Clause 1.1 of Attachment  No.1 of the 
Notification of Ministry  of Public Health: Format and Provision to present nutrition  facts, or  ( 1.2) 
N utrition facts in brief according to Clause 1.2 of Attachment  No.1 of the Notification of Ministry 
of Public Health : Format and Provision to present nutrition  facts which display only total 
energy, total fat, protein, total carbohydrate, sugar, sodium and  cholesterol in addition if such 
food contains cholesterol amount more than 2 milligrams per  serving.  
In case of food labels display nutrition claims, utilizing value to  p romote sale or 
specify consumer groups in sale promotion shall display with a full text of  nutrition facts 
according to Clause 1.1 of Attachment No.1: Format and Provisions of displaying  of nutrition 
facts box of the Notification of Ministry of Public Heal th, Re: Nutrition Label.  
(2) Labelling for nutrient contents of energy, sugar, fat and sodium (Guideline Daily 
Amounts, GDA) according to Attachment No.1 of This Notification of Ministry of Public Health;  
(3) Labelling of food according to Clause  2 (1) - (3)  shall display the following text: in 
bold and visible letters which its colour contrast with background of frame  and label "consume  
small amount and exercise for healthy condition"  -  3  -  
 
In case of Multi - pack and Co - pack with the whole area of label of individual unit is 
smaller than 65 sq.cm shall be Labelled on Co pack provision that calculation is based on 
amount of individual unit.  
Clause 5  Producers or Importers of the food in Clause 2  prior to this notification  
come into force, shall follow this no tification within one year after this notification come into 
force  and be allowed to use the remaining label but not exceeding to one year after this 
notification  come into force.  
Clause 6 . This notification is not enforced  the food in Clause 2  which produ cers sell 
directly to consumers  
Clause 7 . This Notification shall come into force after 18 0 days as from the date of 
its publication in the Government Gazzet.  
Notified on 24 th March  B.E. 255 9  (201 6 )  
(Signed) Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn  
(Mr. Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn )  
Minister of Public Health  
 
 
 (Published in the Government Gazette Vol. 1 33 , Special Part 92  Ngor, dated 21st  April 201 6 ) 
Note: This English version of the notification is translated to meet the need of the non - Thai 
speaking people. In c ase of any discrepancy between the Thai original and the English 
translation, the former will take priority.   
Annex of Notification of the Ministry of Public Health  
(No. 374) B.E.2559 (2016 )  
Re. Food products Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and energy value, sugar, fat, sodium  
following Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling  
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Displaying of energy value, sugar, fat and sodium of food shall be in the following 
format and conditions:  
1. Format of GDA (Guideline Daily Amounts) shall be as follows:  
1.1 Four figures of vertical cylindrical shape attached together for consecutive 
displaying of energy value, sugar, fat, and sodium;  
1.2 Color of frames of cylinders shall be in the following colors : black, dark blue or 
white, as the case maybe, and shall be in contrast to background of label;  
1.3 Background color in cylinders shall be in white only;  
1.4 Each line within cylinders shall be in black or dark blue and shall be in the same 
color of letters displayed within cylinders;  
1.5 shall be displayed in clear, prominent and readily legible a t front side of label.  
 
 
2. Energy value, sugar, fat and sodium shall be consecutively displayed with size and 
form of letters which prominent and readily legible in cylindrical figure as follows:  
2.1 The first section display text of “energy” “sugar” “ fat” and “sodium” with the 
same color of line;  
2.2 The second section display energy value, amount of sugar, fat and sodium in one 
packaging which calculate from an amount of one serving multiply by unit of consumption;  
Unit of energy is kilocalorie  
Unit of sugar is gram or g  
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Unit of fat is gram or g  
Unit of sodium is milligram or mg  
2.3 The third section display percentage of energy value, sugar, fat and sodium as 
follows:  
Percentage of energy value based on 2000 kilocalories  
Percentage of sugar based on 65 grams  
Percentage of fat based on 65 grams and percentage of sodium based on 2,400 
mg  
3. Display the following text with prominent and readily legible letters  
3.1 “nutritional value per….” (in blank display an amount of on e packaging which 
easily understand such as per 1 cup, per 1 packet(envelope), per 1 box, per 1 bag) that is 
displayed above cylindrical figure;  
3.2 “should divide to eat…….times” (in blank display number of time to eat when 
there are more than one servin g in that packaging) and display under the text of “nutritional 
value per……”;  
3.3 “* as percentage of maximum daily intake” under cylindrical figure.