G/SPS/N/THA/215  
 
12 April 2013  
(13-1899)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND 
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  The Office of Food and Drug  Administration (Thai FDA) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item  number(s) as specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable):  Raw cow milk (ICS Code: 67.100.01) 
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 "Raw Cow 
Milk"  Language(s):  Thai  Number of pages:  1 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to set the 
MOPH notification concerning raw cow milk as follows: 
(1) Definition; raw cow milk means raw milk ma de from cows without heat treatment.  
(2) Qualities and standards of raw cow milk: 
 Free of communicable disease to human and having good hygiene practice; 
 Bacterial count not more than 500,000 CFU/ml; 
 Somatic cell count not more than 500,000 cell/ml; 
 Pesticide residues not more than limit prescribed in notification of Ministry of 
Public Health B.E. 2554 (2011) Food containing pesticide residues; 
 Contaminants not more than limit prescribed in notification of Ministry of Public 
Health (No. 98) B.E. 2529 (1986) St andard for Foods Contamination which 
Sufficiently Supported; 
 Veterinary drug residues not more than limit prescribed in notification of 
Ministry of Public Health (No. 303) B.E. 2550 (2007) Veterinary Drug Residues 
in Foods. 
(3) Cow milk, flavoured milk and other liquid milk products which have undergone 
pasteurization using heat-treated process and which use raw cow milk as a raw 
material shall comply with item (2) of this draft MOPH notification. 
(4) This notification shall come into force one year after its publication in the 
Government 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.    G/SPS/N/THA/215 
 
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  8. Is there a relevant international st andard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or seri al 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:      
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) :  One year 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) :  11 June 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 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: sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notifi cation 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