G/TBT/N/THA/708  
10 July 2023  
(23-4664) 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:   
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 a bove:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foods (ICS 
Code: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health  (No. ...) B.E ….Issued by virtue of the Food 
Act B .E.2522 Re : Labeling of Prepackage Foods (No. 2 ); (1 page(s), in English), (1 
page(s), in Thai)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH notification concerning related to warning statement of ready -to-eat gelatin and 
jelly " as follows:  
Clause 1 The following statement shall be added to the list attached to the Notification of 
Ministry of Public Health (No…) B.E….Re: Labeling of Prepackage Foods, date…as follows:  
Food Warning statement  
9. Ready -to-eat gelatin 
and jelly  "Children should not consume in the large 
quantity"  
In case of ready -to-eat gelatin, the statement 
should be provided in red character of 5 mm. 
in size with the white background  
10. Husked Rice Flour  "Do not feed to infants" in red bold alphabets 
that contrasted with the color of the 
background with a height of not less than 5 
mm. and positioned below the declaration of 
name "Husked Rice Flour"  
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consistency of label of prepackaged food  
8. Relevant documents:   
(1) The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re : Labeling of Prepackaged Foods  
(2) The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re : Food products Required to bear 
Nutrition Labelling and Guideline Daily Amounts, GDA Labelling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  A day after the date of its publication in the 
Government 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:   
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  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
http://www.spsth ailand.net/  
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