G/SPS/N/THA/230  
 
1 December 2015  
(15-6324)  Page: 1/2  
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): Food additives (ICS Code: 67.220.20) 
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, No. ... 
B.E. .... entitled "Food Additives (No. 3)"  Language(s): Thai  Number of pages: 3 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2015/SPS/THA/15_4701_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 363 B.E. 2556 
(2013) entitled Food Additives (No. 2) prescribes the labelling of food additives by declaring additional details in order to ensure  the correct use of food additives by food 
processors. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered that it was appropriate to 
revise the detail of food additives labelling as follows: 
 Clause 1 - Revised some of the existing provisions of food additives labelling in order 
to comply with the Notification of the Mi nistry of Public Health, No. 367 B.E. 2557 
(2014) entitled Labelling of Prepackaged Foods, dated 8 May B.E. 2557 (2014). These revisions include: 
- 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 adding specific conditions for labelling of 
food additives derived from combining two or more kinds of food additives which are 
to be sold to food manufacturers or used as raw materials in food processing, but not sold directly to consumers or sold to food additive packers. However, there are 
two cases which may not require the declaration of the percentage of food additives 
on the label or in the manual or in the documents relating to the sale. These cases are indicated below: 
1. The manufacture or imports of food additives for use in their own food product 
(or the same trademark of such manufacture or imports); or 
2. The manufacture or imports of food additives for sale to food manufacturers 
with agreement to provide information of percentage of food additives. 
This MOPH Notification will be enforced af ter it is notified in the Official Gazette. G/SPS/N/THA/230 
 
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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  n u m b e r  o f  C o d e x  
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:  
 Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004) entitled "Food 
Additives" 
 Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 363 B.E. 2556 (2013) entitled "Food 
Additives (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 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) : 30 January 2016 
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: spsthailand@gmail.com 
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
13. Text(s) available from: [X] National Notifi cation Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com