G/SPS/N/THA/183/Add.2  
 
2 September 2013  
(13-4643)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
Addendum 
The following communication, received on 2 September 2013, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of Thailand. 
 
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 Draft MOPH Notification, (No. ...) B.E.2556 (2013), entitled "Re: Food Containing Pesticide 
Residues (No.2)" 
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposin g to revise the MOPH notification concerning the 
maximum residue limit of pestic ides in food as follows: 
1) In this notification, "Rice" means non-glutinous rice or glutinous rice from which the husk has 
been removed, packaged or made up in advance in a container, ready for offer to the consumer. 
2) The following pesticide residues in food are added to the List No. 1 Maximum Residue Limit 
(MRL) annex to the Ministry of Public Health Notification, Title: Food Containing Pesticide Residues, 
issued on 14 April 2011: 
No. Pesticides Residue definition Commodities Maximum 
 Residue Limit 
 (MRL) 
 (milligrams of 
 pesticide residue 
 per 1 kilogram 
 of the commodity) 
42 Hydrogen Phosphide Hydrogen Phosphide Rice 0.1 
43 Methyl Bromide Methyl Bromide Rice 0.01 
44 Bromide Ion Bromide ion from all sources Rice 50 
 but not including covalently  bound bromine 45 Sulfuryl Fluoride Sulfuryl Fluoride Rice 0.1 
3) This notification is effective on the day after its announcement in the Government Gazette. 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/THA/13_3482_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2013/sps/THA/13_3482_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/183/Add.2 
 
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  Comment period: (If the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified 
measure in terms of products and/or potent ially affected Members, a new deadline for 
receipt of comments should be provided, norm ally of at least 60 calendar days. Under 
other circumstances, such as extension of or iginally announced final date for comments, 
the 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) : 1 November 2013 
Agency or authority designated to handle co mments: [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 4204 
Fax: +(662) 561 4034 E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th   
Text available from: [X] National Notificati on Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point. 
Address, fax number and e-mail addre ss (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 4204 
Fax: +(662) 561 4034 E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th   
 
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