G/SPS/N/THA/220  
 
3 December 2013  
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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; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Feeding bottles and liquid milk containers for infants and 
young children (HS Code: 392490; ICS Code: 67.250) 
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 Ministry of Public Health Notification entitled 
"Feeding Bottle and Liquid Milk Container for Infants and Young Children"  
Language(s): Thai  Number of pages: 6  
6. Description of content: Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) Notification No.117 B.E. 2532 
(1989) entitled "Feeding Bottle" to be repl aced with Draft Ministry of Public Health 
Notification entitled "Feeding Bottle and Liquid Milk Container for Infants and Young 
Children". 
The draft MOPH Notification proposes to revise the measure pertaining to Feeding Bottle 
as follows: 
(1) This draft MOPH notification shall apply to  
 feeding bottles and its components (protective cover, feeding teat, locking ring 
and sealing disc) 
 liquid milk containers for infants and young children (for both repeated use 
containers and single use containers)  
(2) Prescribe permitted list of materials which are used to make feeding bottles and 
liquid milk containers for infants and young children. 
(3) Prescribe the general requirements for feeding bottles and its components as well 
as liquid milk containers for infants and young children. 
(4) Prescribe the specific requirements on substances for materials which are used to 
make feeding bottles and its components as well as liquid milk containers for infants and young children. 
(5) Feeding bottles, that are authorized to be sold prior to the effective date of this 
notification, are allowed to be sold not exceeding one year as from the effective date of this notification. 
(6) This MOPH notification will be enforced 180 days after the notification being 
announced in the Thai royal Gazette. G/SPS/N/THA/220 
 
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  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 st andard? 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:  
 Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 of 14 January 2011 on plastic 
materials and articles intended to come into contact with food 
 Commission Directive 93/11/EEC concerning the release of the N-nitrosamines 
and N-nitrosatable substances from elastomer or rubber teats and soothers. 15 March 1993 
 European Standard, EN 14350-2:2004 Child use and care articles - Drinking 
equipment - Part 2: Chemical requirements and tests 
 The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Notification No.370 (1959): revised 
version No.416 (2008).   Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, 
etc. (Rubber for Nursing utensils) 
 Japanese Industrial Standard: JIS T 9112:1997 feeding bottles. 
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) : 180 days after being notified in the Official Gazette. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 1 February 2014 
Agency or authority designated to hand le 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 Co mmodity 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  G/SPS/N/THA/220 
 
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  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