G/SPS/N/THA/202/Rev.3  
 
8 September 2014  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
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 specified in national 
schedules deposited with the WTO; IC S numbers should be provided in 
addition, where applicable): Import requirement for food with risk of radionuclide 
contamination (ICS Code: 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected , to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners   
[X] Specific regions or countries: Japan  
5. Title of the notified document: Draft Ministry of Public Health Notification, No. ..... 
B.E. ....(....) entitled "Import Requiremen t for Food with Risk from Radionuclide 
Contamination"  Language(s): Thai  Number of pages: 1 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/sps/THA/14_3978_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content: Following the accident of the Fukushima nuclear power plant 
on 11 March 2011, causing the leak of radio nuclide into environment and leads to the 
food contamination, MOPH issued the Notifi cation of the Ministry of Public Health, 
No. 341 B.E. 2555(2012) Re: Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Radionuclide 
Contamination, dated 5 March B.E. 2555 (2012) to prevent the risk from radionuclide contamination in food imported from Japan. Since then the situations of food 
contamination in some prefectures have chan ged. Hence, MOPH considered that it was 
appropriate to revise the import requirement for food with risk from radionuclide contamination as follows:  
Clause 1 - The Notification of the Minist ry of Public Health, No. 341 B.E. 2555(2012) 
Re: Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Radionuclide Contamination, dated 
5 March B.E. 2555 (2012) shall be repealed and replaced by this (Draft) MOPH Notification; 
Clause 2 - All kinds of food, except food addi tive, flavouring agent, materials intended to 
preserve food qualities such as desicca ting agent, oxygen absorbent etc. and 
liquor/alcoholic beverages originated from the radionuclide contaminated areas in Japan: 
the prefectures of Fukushima, Gunma, and Miya gi the levels of radionuclides, shall be 
detected not exceeding the prescribed limits in the Notification of the Ministry of Public 
Health Re: Standard of Food Contaminated with Radionuclide, date 11 April B.E.2554 (2011). The importers are required to subm it documents indicating the category, the 
type of food, the levels of radionuclide and their locations of production for every 
shipment at the import check point, issued by any of the following agencies: 
1. The Japanese government competent authority (CA), or G/SPS/N/THA/202/Rev.3 
 
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  2. Other agencies accepted by the Japanese government competent authority, or 
3. Government laboratory, or  
4. Designated laboratory by government, or  
5. Accredited laboratory conforms to the international standard. 
Clause 3 - All kinds of food, except food addi tive, flavouring agent, materials intended to 
preserve food qualities and liquor/alcoholic beverages originated from prefectures other 
than those stated in clause 2, importers are required to submit documents indicating the 
location of harvesting or processing for every shipment at the import check point issued by the Japanese Government competent authority, or agencies accepted by the 
Japanese government competent authority, or Chamber of Commerce and Industry of 
Japan. 
In case of not having the above-mentioned documents (clause 3) the importers can 
submit a certificate of analysis that indicates the category, the type of food and the 
levels of radionuclide issued by any of th e agencies stated in clause 2(1) - 2(5). 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s)  and reason for urgent action: Urgent action was 
needed following the accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and the findings that certain foodstuffs from Japan co ntain high levels of radioactivity. 
9. Is there a relevant international stan dard? If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex 
standard or related text) Codex General Standard for Contaminants and Toxins 
in Food and Feed (Codex Standard 193-1995): RADIONUCLIDES 
[ ] World Organization 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:   
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:  
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health entitled "Standard of Food Contaminated with Radionuclide" (available in Thai) 
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable): 
On the date after being notified in the Official Gazette. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. 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  Commodity and Food Standards  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 
Thailand 
Tel: +(662) 561 4204 Fax: +(662) 561 4034 
 +(662) 561 4088 
E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th  Website: http://www.acfs.go.th  G/SPS/N/THA/202/Rev.3 
 
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  13. Texts available from: [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point. Address, fax number and e-mail a ddress (if available)  of other body:  
National Bureau of Agricultural  Commodity and Food Standards  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao 
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900  Thailand 
Tel: +(662) 561 4204 
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  +(662) 561 4088 
E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th  
Website: http://www.acfs.go.th