G/SPS/N/THA/313  
 
20 May 2020  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA)  
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, 
where applicable):  Food products in general (ICS Code: 67.040)  
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, No. … B.E. …., entitled "Re: 
Food Containing Pesticide Residues (No.3)". . Language(s):  Thai. Number of pages:  1 
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/SPS/THA/20_3280_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In order to protect human health and environment, 
Thai governmen t by the Ministry of Industry going to prohibit the use of chlorpyrifos and 
paraquat that will take effect on 1 June 2020, which has been circulated in 
G/TBT/N/THA/567. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) proposes to revise 
Annex 1, List of haz ardous substance type 4 (banned pesticide), and Annex 2, Maximum 
Residue Levels (MRLs), of Notification of the Ministry of Public Health, No. 387 (B.E. 2560) 
(2017) Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues, issued on 18 August 2017.  
This revised MOPH Notific ation shall be called the Notification of the Ministry of Public 
Health, No. … B.E. …., entitled "Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (No.3)", which 
are amended as follows:  
1. Add certain pesticides defined as hazardous substance type 4 under the Hazardous  
Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) in the annex 1 of the Notification of MOPH, No. 387, 
namely Chlorpyrifos, Chlorpyrifos -methyl, Paraquat, Paraquat dichloride, Paraquat 
[bis (methyl sulphate )] or paraquat methosulfate.  
2. Delete the Maximum Residue Limit (MRLs ) for the aforementioned pesticides in food 
from annex 2 of the MOPH Notification No. 387 which the amounts of pesticide 
residues in food shall be less than the limit of detection or not be detected.  
3. Manufacturers and importers who produce or import food p roducts prior to 
1 June 2020 can refer to the MRLs for such pesticides in annex 2 of the MOPH 
Notification, No. 387 or Codex MRLs but shall comply with the new requirement 
within 30 days as from the date on which this Notification comes into force.  
4. This d raft notification shall come into force after the date of 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.   G/SPS/N/THA/313  
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) :  
[ ] World Organization for An imal 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:  
To comply with the notification of Ministry of Industry Re: list of hazardous substance 
type 4 under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) which g oing to prohibit of 
the importation, distribution, sale and purchase based on scientific information that these 
products can be harmful to humans (especially the farmer that cause adverse effect as a 
result of direct exposure) and the environment include c ontamination of water resources 
and soil that may lead to disruption of ecosystem functions. Moreover, according to the 
Notification of MOPH, No. 387, the requested MRLs for all hazardous substance type 4 are 
set at the lower the limit of determination (LO D).  
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health, No. 387 (B.E. 2560) (2017) Title : Food 
Containing Pesticide Residues, issued on 18th August 2017  
(available in Thai and English)   
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) : The day after its publication in the Royal Thai Government 
Gazette.  
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [  ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 30 days from the date of circulation of th e 
notification.  
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 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.spsthailand.net/  G/SPS/N/THA/313  
 
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  13. Text(s) available from: [X]  National Notification Authority, [X]  National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e -mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
 http://www.spstha iland.net/