G/SPS/N/THA/183/Rev.1  
 
27 January 2017  
(17-0552) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 speci fied in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Food in general (ICS Code: 67.040)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable : 
[X] All trading part ners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft MOPH Notification, B.E. ..., entitled "Food 
Containing Pesticide Residues" . Language (s): Thai. Number of pages:  36 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2017/SPS/THA/17_0569_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: For consumer protection, The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) 
is proposing to revise the MOPH Notification concerning the maximum residue level of 
pesticides in Food through a risk -based framework; focused on either short term (acute) 
or long term (chronic) exposures using Thai Food consumption data and field trial data. 
Main elements of the draft notification as follows:  
1. The MOPH no tification BE 2554 (2011) on Food Containing Pesticide Residues, dated 
14 April 2011 and The MOPH notification (No.361) B.E.2556 (2013) on Food 
Containing Pesticide Residues No 2, dated 6 August 2013, is repealed and replaced 
by this (Draft) MOPH Notificat ion; 
2. The Pesticide residues in food shall comply with the MRLs/EMRLs set forth in the 
attachment 2 and 4 to this MOPH Notification.  
 In cases other than those specified in the attachment 2 the pesticide residues in 
food shall not exceed the limits as reco mmended by the Codex Alimentarius 
Commission, Joint FAO/WHO Food Standard Programme;  
3. Default limit set forth in the attachment 3 to this MOPH Notification. In cases other 
than those specified in the attachment 3, shall not exceed defaults limit 0.01 mg/kg;  
4. The method of analysis shall be prescribed in the attachment 5.  
7. Objective and rationale: [ X] food safety, [  ] animal health, [  ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [  ] protect territory from 
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  8. Is there a relevant international standard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text ): Codex standard, entitled "Codex Pesticide Residues 
in Food"  
[ ] World Organ ization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g.  Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number) :   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g.  ISPM number) :   
[ ] None  
Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard?  
[X] 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:  
1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health on B.E. 2554 (2011)  on Food 
Containing Pesticide Residues, dated 14 April 2011  
2. The Notification o f the Ministry of Public Health  (No.361) B.E.  2556 (2013) on Food 
Containing Pesticide Residues No 2, dated 6 August 2013  
(available in Thai and English)  
10. Proposed date of ad option (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) : The day after its publication in the Royal Thai Government 
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) : 28 March 2017  
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 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: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
13. Text(s) 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: spsthailand@gmail. com 
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th