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ORGANIZATION   
G/SPS/N/THA/214 
11 January 2013 
 (13-0148) 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  Special purposed foods (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, B.E.., entitled "Special 
Purposed Foods No. 2"   Language(s):  Thai  Number of pages:  1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/THA/13_0128_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The MOPH deems it necessary to modify the MOPH Notification 
(No. 238) B.E. 2544 (2001) entitled "Special Purposed Foods".  The Item 2 shall be repealed and replaced as follows: 
"Item 2 Special Purposed Foods shall be approved prior to be used." 
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 stan dard?  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:    G/SPS/N/THA/214 
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  9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  The MOPH 
Notification No. 238 (B.E. 2544) (2001) entitled "Special Purposed Foods" (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) :  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 4024 
Fax:  +(662) 561 4034, (662) 561 4088 E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
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