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G/SPS/N/THA/119/Rev.1 
13 September 2012  
 (12-4906) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Cow's milk   
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 "Cow's Milk"  
Language(s):  Thai  Number of pages:  23 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2012/sps/THA/12_3532_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH notification concerning cow's milk as follows: 
(1) The MOPH notification No. 265 (B.E. 2545)  (2002) entitled "Cow's Milk", dated 
19 December 2002 and the MOPH notifica tion No. 282 (B.E. 2547) (2004) entitled 
"Cow's Milk (No.2)", dated 30 August 2002, are repealed and replaced by this (Draft) 
MOPH notification; 
(2) Cow's milk is prescribed as specific controlled foods; 
(3) Definition and classification of cow's milk; 
(4) Qualities and standards of cow's milk; 
(5) Food additive follows criteria of Thai FDA as attached in Annex which complied with 
CODEX Commodity of food additives; 
(6) Producers or importers of cow's milk for sale shall comply with the notification of the 
Ministry of Public Health, No.193 B. E 2543 (2000), Re:  Production processes, 
production equipment, and foods storages and the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, No.298 B.E.2549 (2006), Re:  Production processes, production equipments, and storage of ready-to-consum e milk products in liquid form which 
passed through pasteurization heat treatment; G/SPS/N/THA/119/Rev.1 
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  (7) Usage of cow's milk containers shall comply  with the notification of the Ministry of 
Public Health, Re:  Containers; 
(8) Labels of cow's milk shall comply with th e notification of the Ministry of Public 
Health, Re:  Labels, except for the names, declarations of some kind of cow's milk, 
ingredient and date marking pasteurized cow's milk; 
(9) Producers or importers of cow's milk, who obtained permission for food registration 
prior to the enforcement of this notificati on, shall submit a request for amendment to 
comply with this notification within 180 days  from the date of entry into force of the 
notification.  After the submission of the request, they will be allowed to use the existing label, but no longer than two years from the date of entry into force of the 
notification. 
(10) This notification shall come into force on th e following date after its publication in the 
Government Gazette. 
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 stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s ) in which these are available:   
(1) The MOPH Notification No. 265 (B.E. 2545) (2002) entitled "Cow's Milk" 
(2) The MOPH Notification No. 282 (B.E. 2547) (2004) entitled "Cow's Milk 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) :  On the date after being notified in the National Gazette. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure     G/SPS/N/THA/119/Rev.1 
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  12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  12 November 2012 
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 Comm odity 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 Notification 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