G/TBT/N/THA/435  
 
27 March 2014  
(14-1917)  Page: 1/2  
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:  Food and Drug Admini stration (Thai FDA) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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 :    
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):  Feeding 
Bottle and Liquid Milk Container for Infants and Young Children 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft Ministry of 
Public Health Notification entitled "Feeding Bottle and Liquid Milk Container for Infants and 
Young Children" (6 pages, in Thai Language). 
6. Description of content:  Ministry of Public Health Notification No.117 B.E. 2532 (1989) 
entitled "Feeding Bottle" to be replaced with Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification 
entitled "Feeding Bottle and Liquid Milk Container for Infants and Young Children". 
The draft MOPH Notification proposes to revise the measure pertaining to Feeding 
Bottleas follows: 
1. This draft MOPH notification shall apply to:  
- feeding bottle and its component (protective cover, feeding teat, locking 
 ring and sealing disc); 
- liquid milk container for infants and young children ( for both repeated use 
container  and s ingle usecontainer). 
2. Prescribe permitted list of materials which used to make a feeding bottle and liquid 
 milk container for infants and young children. 
3. Prescribe the general requirements for feeding bottle and its component as well as 
 liquid milk container for infants and youngchildren. 
4. Prescribe the specific requirements on substances for materials which used to make 
 a feeding bottle and its component as well as liquid milk container for infants and 
 young children. 
5. Feeding bottle, that is authorized to be sold prior to the effective of this 
 notification,  is  al lowe d  to b e  s old  not b e yond  one ye ar as  from the  d ate  of thi s  
 notification is effective. 
This MOPH Notification will be enforced after 180 days the notification being announced in 
the Thai royal Gazette. G/TBT/N/THA/435 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer Protection.  
8. Relevant documents:    
- Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic materials 
 and articles intended to come into contact with food  
- Commission Directive 93/11/EEC concerning the release of the N-nitrosamines and 
 N-nitrosatable substances from elastomer or rubber teats and soothers.  15 March 1993 
- European Standard, EN 14350-2:2004 Child use and care articles - Drinking 
 equipment - Part 2: Chemical requirements and tests 
- the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welf are: Notification No.370 (1959): revised 
 version No.416 (2008) Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, 
 etc. (Rubber for Nursing utensils) 
- Japanese Industrial Standard: JIS T 9112:1997 feeding bottles.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
 
Proposed date of entry into force:    180 days after being notified in the Official 
Gazette. 
180 days after being notified in the Official 
Gazette. 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of ci rculation of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the 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;  +(662) 561 4088 E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th   
Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
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