. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/194 
1 October 2010  
 (10-4998) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd 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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Edible salt 
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 Notification of MOPH entitled, "Edible Salt" 
Language:  Thai and English  Number of pages:  2  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/THA/10_3621_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/THA/10_3621_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  As the Ministry of Public Health has a policy to control and 
prevent the iodine deficiency disorder of Thai  population, to attain this, MOPH has revised 
the existing provision of edible salt and found that  it should be updated.  Therefore, this is 
to notify that the Notification of MOPH No. 153 B.E. 2537 (1994) entitled "Edible Salt" will be repealed and replaced with this dr aft.  The proposed regulation establishes the 
definition of "Edible Salt" and its iodine  content, packaging, production process and 
labelling. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[X] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.    
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial 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)    
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/THA/194 
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  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:  Notification 
of MOPH No. 153 B.E. 2537 (1994)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  October 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  October 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  90 days after published in 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) :  30 November 2010 
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:  sps@acfs.go.th 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:    
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
Division of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Policy 
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900,  Thailand. Tel:  +(66) 2 561-4204 
Fax:  +(66) 2 561-4034 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th  Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th