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G/SPS/N/THA/148/Add.1 
11 January 2013 
 (13-0146) 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 9 January  2013, is being circulated at the request 
of the Delegation of Thailand. 
 
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Draft notification of the Ministry of Public Health entitled "Food Packed in Sealed Container (No. 5)"  
 The MOPH deems it necessary to modify the MOPH notification (No. 144) B.E. 2535 (1992) 
entitled "Food Packed in Sealed Container", adapte d measure of Food Control from Food registration 
to Food record accordingly.   
(1) The Item 2 shall be repealed and replaced as follows:  
"Item 2 Food Packed in Sealed Container is prescribed food to have qualities or 
standards." 
(2) Item 7(1) Temperature of growing microorga nism for low acid foods in hermetically 
sealed containers is change to 30 degrees Celsius. 
(3) Manufacturers and importers of food packed in  sealed container who have received Food  
Registration or Food Labelling which were issu ed prior to the date this notification 
comes into force, shall continue to use th e received Food Serial Number, as if it was 
recorded in accordance with this notification. 
(4) This draft notification shall come into for ce after 180 days following the date of its 
publication in the Government Gazette. 
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/THA/13_0126_00_x.pdf  
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[ ] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[X] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/THA/148/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  12 March 2013 
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 4204 
Fax:  +(662) 561 4034 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th    
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [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 4204 Fax:  +(662) 561 4034 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th 
Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th   
 
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