. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/THA/163/Rev.1 
19 September 2012  
 (12-5031) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   The Office of Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and website addresses, 
if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the 
notification shall be indicated if different from above:      
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicab le, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Cow's Milk 
(HS Code: 0401, 0402: ICS Code:  67.100). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft MOPH 
Notification, B.E.., entitled "Cow's Milk" (23 pages, in Thai). 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH Notification concerning Cow's milk as follows: 
1. The MOPH notification No. 265 (B.E. 2545)  (2000) entitled " Cow's Milk " dated 
19 December 2000 and The MOPH notifi cation No. 282 (B.E. 2547) (2004) entitled 
"Cow's Milk" (No2), dated 30 August 2002, is  repealed and replaced by this (Draft) 
MOPH Notification; 
2. Cow's milk is prescribed as specific controlled foods; 3. Definition and Classification of cow's milk; 
4. Qualities and Standards of cow's milk; 
5. Food additive follows criteria of Thai FDA as attached in Annex which complied 
 with CODEX Commodity of food additives; 
6. Producers or importers of cow's milk for sale shall follow to the notification of the 
Ministry of Public Health, No.193 B.E 2543 (2000) Re: production processes, 
production equipment, and foods storages a nd the notification of the Ministry of 
Public Health, No.298 B.E.2549 (2 006) Re: Production Processes, Production 
Equipment, and storage of ready-to-consume milk products in liquid form which passed through pasteurization heat treatment; 
7. Usage of cow's milk containers shall fo llow to the notification of the Ministry of 
Public Health, Re: Containers; G/TBT/N/THA/163/Rev.1 
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  8. Labels of cow's milk shall follow to the no tification of the Ministry of Public Health, 
Re: Labels, except for the names, declarations  of some kind of cow's milk, ingredient 
and Date marking Pasteurized Cow's milk; 
9. Producers, importers of Cow's milk, who obtain permission for food registration prior 
to this notification come into force, sha ll submit a request for amendment to comply 
with this notification within 180 days after th is notification come into force. After the 
submission of the request, they will be allowe d to use the existed label, but not longer 
than two years after this notification come into force; 
10. This notification shall come into force on the following date after its publication in 
the Government Gazette. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the natu re of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer and environment protection. 
8. Relevant documents:   
1. The MOPH Notification No. 265 (B.E. 2545) (2000)  entitled "Cow's Milk"; 
2. The MOPH Notification No. 282 (B.E. 254 7) (2004) entitled "Cow's Milk" No. 2. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone or fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site address, if available of the 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  
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