. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/THA/401 
2 May 2012  
 (12- 2320) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 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, email 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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Process in Food  
(HS Chapter: 8438, ICS:  67.020) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft MOPH 
Notification entitled "Production Processes, Pr oduction equipment's, and Foods Storages for 
Prepared foodstuff" (15 pages in Thai Language).  
6. Description of content:   
1. Pre-packaged Foods, other than those sp ecified MOPH Notificati on (No. 193) B.E. 2543 
(2000)  entitled "Production Processes, Production Equipment' s, and Foods Storages, are 
required to be in accordance with "Good Manufac turing Practice- which covers the following 
items:  
(1) Premises and production buildings; 
(2) Tools and equipment used in the production process; (3) Processing control; (4) Sanitation; (5) Maintenance and cleaning; 
(6) Personnel and personnel hygiene. 
Manufacturers of these Foods ar e required to be in accordance with a specified production 
method. Tools and equipment used in the produ ction and storage process shall comply with 
this notification.  Importers shall provide certificates of satisfaction required under this 
notification or not lower than the requirement of this notification. 
Those who received licenses for food production or  food registration or food labelling prior to 
the enforcement of this ministerial notificati on, which do not comply with this ministerial 
notification, shall provide for improvement or  provide for certificates , as the case may be, 
within 3 years from the date of entry into force of the notification. G/TBT/N/THA/401 
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  2. This notification is not enforced to Pre-pa ckaged food in which pr oducers sell directly to 
consumers. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Consumer protection.  
8. Relevant documents:   -   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   180 days after being notified in the Official 
Gazette.   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of ci rculation of the notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
National Bureau of Agricultural Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Policy 50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900 Thailand Tel.:  (+662) 561 4204 
Fax:  (+662) 561 4034, 561 4088 
Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th  
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th  
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