G/TBT/N/THA/535  
19 March 2019  
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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 above:   
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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):  Food in 
General (ICS: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft MOPH  
Notification, B.E, entitled "Requirements and Conditions for the Term "Premium" on Food 
Labels" (2 page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH Notification concerning "Requirements  and Conditions for the term "Premium" on 
Food Labels" as follows:  
1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 365) (B.E. 2556) entitled 
Displaying of the Term "Premium" on Food Labels  and The Notification of the 
Ministry of Public Health (No. 366) (B.E. 2556) entitled Displaying of the Term 
"Premium" on Food labels of Pasteurized Cows’ Milk and Pasteurized Full Fat Cows' 
Milk  shall be repealed and replaced by this draft Notification.  
2. Definition; "Premium" is the word used to convey message referring to quality or 
standard and specific characteristic which are superior to the same food type.  
3. Food labelled "Premium" on the label must be approved by regulatory authority 
(Thai FDA)  
4. Food labelled "Premium" on the label must comply with the following terms and 
conditions:  
(1) Quality and standards shall comply with the relevant notifications of the 
Ministry of Public Health;  
(2) Production methods, equipments and storages shall compl y with the relevant 
notifications of the Ministry of Public Health;  
(3) Food product shall have standards, quality or specific characteristic either 
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  a. Organic certification from authorized official government agency/body 
or official ly or internationally recognized certification body.  
b. Geographical Indication (GI) registration from the Ministry of  
Commerce;  
c. Food product shall have specific characteristic of products superior to 
the same food type, otherwise they shall meet the fo llowing 
requirements:  
1) Having certificate or evidences that qualities or standards are 
superior to the same food type from authorized official 
government agency/body or officially or internationally 
recognized certification body.  
2) Having evidences of certifying or approval that qualities or 
standards are superior to the same food type domestically sold 
product as requirements prescribed in the Announcement of the 
Food and Drug Administration according to an approval of the 
Food Committee.  
d. Food produ ct shall have standards, quality or specific characteristic of 
products that are superior to the same food type as requirements 
prescribed in the Announcement of the Food and Drug Administration 
according to an approval of the Food Committee.  
5. The food producer or importer shall test his/her product following to this Notification 
and shall submit evidences under clause 4 (3) to the regulatory authority every 
year. 
6. The term "premium" on its label shall be valid as specified in the evidence showing 
the quality or standard of food in accordance with Clause 4 (3), except in cases 
validity is not specified in the evidence  showing the quality or standard, it shall be 
three years from the date of permission.  
7. This notification shall come into force the foll owing day after its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:   
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9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined.  
Proposed date of entry into force:  On the date after being notified in the Thai Royal 
Gazette.  
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:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/THA/19_1557_00_x.pdf