G/TBT/N/THA/469  
 
9 December 2015  
(15-6498)  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 Administration (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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Food additives 
(ICS: 67.220.20) 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document: Draft Ministry of 
Public Health Noti fication, No ….B.E … (....) entitled "F ood Additives (No. 3)" (3 pages, in 
Thai Language) 
6. Description of content: According to the Ministry of Public Health Notification 
No. 363 B.E. 2556 (2013) Re: Food Additives (No. 2) to prescribe labelling of food additives by declaring adequate details so that the processors can use correctly. Ministry of 
Public Health (MOPH) considered that it was appropriate to revise the detail of food 
additives labelling as follows:  
 Clause 1 – Revised some existing provision of food additives labelling to comply with 
the Notification of the Ministry of Pu blic Health, No. 367 B.E. 2557 (2014) Re: 
Labellin g of Prepackaged Foods, dated 8 May B.E. 2557 (2014) such as: 
 name and address of manufacturer or packers or importers or head office 
 month and year of manufacture and expiration 
 details of Food Additives manufactured for export 
 Clause 2 – Amended the requirements by adde d specific condition for labelling of food 
additive derived from mixing together with two or more kinds of food additives which 
to be sold to food manufacturers or used as raw materials in food processing but not 
sold directly to consumer or sold to food additive packer. However, the following 2 cases may not required to declared percentage of food additive on the label or in 
manual or the documents relating to the sale. 
1) The manufactures or importers of food a dditives for applying in their own food 
product (or the same trademark of such manufactures or importers), or  
2) The manufactures or importers of food additives for sale to food manufacturers 
with agreement to provide information of percentage of food additives. 
T h i s  M O P H  N o t i f i c a t i o n  w i l l  b e  e n f o r c e d  o n  the date after being notified in the Official 
Gazette. G/TBT/N/THA/469 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer protection 
8. Relevant documents:  
1) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004) entitled "Food 
Additives " 
2) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 363 B.E. 2556 (2013) entitled "Food 
Additives (No. 2)" 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force: On the date after being notified in the Official Gazette   
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] 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; +(662) 561 4088 
E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th   
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th   
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