G/TBT/N/THA/215/Rev.1  
 
2 April 2013  
(13-1710)  Page: 1/3  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
Revision 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   The Office of Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, e-mail 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 provid ed in addition, where applicable):   Foods 
(ICS 67.040). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft MOPH 
Notification, B.E, entitled "Food products Required to bear Nutrition Labelling and Guideline 
Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling" (3 pages, in Thai). 
6. Description of content: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH notification concerning "Labelling of so me kinds of ready-to-eat foods" as follows: 
a. The Notification of the Ministry of Public 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repealed; 
b. Food products 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 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/TBT/N/THA/215/Rev.1 
 
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  (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- to- eat meal  
c. Labelling of Nutrition according to Item 2 shall be complied 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 food intent to  display nutrition claims, utilizing value to promote sale 
or specify consumer groups in sale promotion shall display with form of full text 
of nutrition facts 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-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. 
d. This notification is not enforced to: Foods in which producers sell directly to 
consumers 
e. The transitional period for compliance with the new provisions is 180 days. 
7. Objective and rationale, including th e nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer and environment protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   
a. The MOPH Notification) (2007 No. 305 (B.E. 2550) entitled " Labelling of some kinds 
of ready-to-eat foods " 
b. The MOPH Notification entitled "Labelling of  some kinds of ready-to-eat foods No. 2" 
(available in Thai). 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of circulation G/TBT/N/THA/215/Rev.1 
 
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  11. Texts available from:  National enquiry po int [X], or address, telephone or fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site address,  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 4024 
Fax: +(662) 561 4034, (662) 561 4088 E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
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