. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/197 
30 November 2010 
 (10-6451) 
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):  Cooking brine (ICS Code:  67.220) 
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:  Notification of MOPH entitled "Cooking Brine" 
Language:  Thai  Number of pages:  3  
 http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/THA/10_4523_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  In line with its policy to control and prevent the iodine deficiency 
disorder of the Thai population, the Ministry of Public Health has reviewed the existing 
provision of cooking brine and concluded th at it should be updated.  The MOPH 
notification No. 225 B.E. 2544 (2001) entitled "Cooking Brine" has been amended as follows: 
1. Iodine content in cooking brine durin g the production process shall not be less 
than 2 mg/litre (ppm) and not more than 3 ppm. 
2. Cooking brine for consumers who lim it their iodine consumption shall be 
labelled "Suitable for low iodine diet". 
3. This regulatory shall not be applied to the exported cooking brine. 
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/197 
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  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)    
[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:  Notification 
of MOPH No. 225 B.E. 2544 (20 01) entitled "Cooking Brine"   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  27 September 2010 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  1 October 2010 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  28 January 2011 
[X] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  29 January 2011 
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 Commodity 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 
E-mail: sps@acfs.go.th,   spsthailand@gmail.com Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th
 
13. Texts available from:  [X] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry 
Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: