G/SPS/N/THA/234  
 
8 January 2016  
(16-0182)  Page: 1/3  
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(s): 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. 4)"    Language(s): Thai  Number of pages: 582 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/THA/16_0070_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/THA/16_0070_01_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/SPS/THA/16_0070_02_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered that it was 
appropriate to revise the detail of maximum use levels permitted for food additives 
including Cyclamate and Steviol glycoside as follows: 
Clause 1. The following Noti fications shall be repealed: 
1) The Notification of the Ministry of Pu blic Health No. 359 B.E. 2556 (2013), Re: 
Cyclamate, dated on 8 July B.E. 2556 (2013); 
2) The Notification of the Ministry of Pu blic Health No. 360 B.E. 2556 (2013), Re: 
Steviol glycoside, dated on 8 July B.E. 2556 (2013). 
Clause 2. Clause 6 of the Notification of th e Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 
(2004) on Food Additives, dated on 18 August B.E. 2547 (2004) shall be repealed and replaced by the following provision: 
"Clause 6 the use of food additives shall use following the name of food additive, 
category or type of food, functional classes and maximum permitted use level according to annex I and annex II of this Notification." 
 Two or more food additives classified in the same functional classes, which have 
been determined the numeric maximum permitted level, are used in combination. The sum of the quantities obtained by divi ding the amount of each food additive 
used by the maximum permitted level for that food additive must not exceed one. 
 The use of food additives that differs from the statement stipulated in the first and 
second paragraph shall be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Such 
food additives shall be evaluated safety  assessment according to the rules, 
conditions and procedures for permission as follows:  
1) Food additives shall have the qualities or standards according to the Codex Advisory 
Specification for the Identity and Purity of Food Additives or the announcement of G/SPS/N/THA/234 
 
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  the Food and Drug Administration; 
2) The dietary exposure of food additives sha ll be evaluated according to the principle 
approved by the Food Committee; 
3) Food additives shall have the technical documents or reliable research publications 
supporting the necessity of using such additives in food; 
4) Use of food additives shall comply with the current law and regulation of at least two 
countries, which have the reliable risk assessment system, namely the European 
Union, Australia, New Zealand, the United States of America and Japan. 
 The use of food additives according to the first, second and third paragraph shall not 
enforce on the specific controlled food or prescribed food quality or standard 
particularly stipulating in the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health on using food additives. 
Clause 3. Clause 7 of the Notification of th e Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 
(2004), Re: Food Additives, dated on 18 August B.E. 2547 (2004) shall be repealed. 
Clause 4. The manufacturer or food importer, obtaining a permission prior to the 
effective date of this Notification, shall comply with this Notification within one year from 
the effective date. 
Clause 5. This Notification shall come into force as from the date of its publication in the 
Royal 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.   
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" (avail able 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. 
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  12. Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) : 8 March 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  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th