G/SPS/N/THA/155/Rev.1  
 
2 April 2013  
(13-1703)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
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  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Foods (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 MOPH Notification, B.E.., entitled "Food 
products Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling"  Language(s):  Thai  Number of pages:  3 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise 
the MOPH notification concerning "Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods" as 
follows: 
1) The notification of the Ministry of Pu blic Health No. 305 (B.E. 2550) entitled 
"Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods" and the notification of the Ministry of 
Public Health entitled "Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods No. 2", shall be 
repealed. 
2) Food products required to bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA 
Labelling are as follows. 
(1) Snack foods 
(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 roasted 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; (3.3) Cookies; (3.4) Cake; 
(3.5) Pie, pastry, both with and without stuffing. G/SPS/N/THA/155/Rev.1 
 
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  (4) Semi - processed Foods 
(4.1) Noodle, a sheet of rice noodle (G uay-Jub), wheat noodle, rice vermicelli 
and mung bean vermicelli. 
(4.2) Kao Tom (Boiled rice) and Joke (Porridge rice) 
(5) Chilled and Frozen Ready-to-eat meal 
3) Labelling of Nutrition according to Item 2 shall comply with either one of the 
following: 
(1) Full Nutrition Information Format 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  
(2) Brief Nutrition Information Format 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 the intent to display nutritional claims of food, which utilize values to promote 
sale or specify consumer groups in sale promotion, the form of full text of nutrition facts 
shall be displayed according to Clause 1.1 of Attachment No. 1: Format and Provisions of displaying of nutrition Information of the Notification of Ministry of Public Health, Re: 
Nutrition Label. 
(3) Labelling for nutrient contents of energy, sugar, fat and sodium salts (Guideline 
Daily Amounts, GDA) according to Attachment No. 1 of this notification of Ministry of Public Health; 
(4) Labelling of food according to Item 4 (1 )-(5) shall display the following text: in 
bold and visible letters which its colour contrast with background of box and label "consume small amount and exercise for healthy condition". 
In case of multi-packs and co-packs where the whole area of label on the individual unit 
is smaller than 65 sq.cm, the label on the co-pack shall indicate that the calculation is based on the amount of the individual unit. 
4) This notification is not enforced to: Foods in which producers sell directly to 
consumers. 
5) The transitional period for compliance with the new provisions is 180 days. 
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 st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al number of Codex 
standard or related text)   
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[X] None 
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?   
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible,  how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    G/SPS/N/THA/155/Rev.1 
 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
(1) The notification of the Ministry of Pu blic Health No. 305 (B.E. 2550) entitled 
"Labelling of some kinds of ready-to-eat foods" 
(2) The notification of the Ministry of Public Health entitled "Labelling of some kinds of 
ready-to-eat foods No. 2" (available in Thai) 
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) :  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) :  1 June 2013 
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 Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao 
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand 
Tel: +(662) 561 4024 
Fax: +(662) 561 4034, +(662) 561 4088 E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation 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, +(662) 561 4088 E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th