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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/33/Rev.1 
28 September 2010 
 (10-4940) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
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 numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Tea  (HS Codes:  0901, 2101,  ICS Code:  67.410.10) 
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:  NOTICE.   Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public 
Health entitled "Tea (No.3)"  Language:  Thai  Number of pages:  1  
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2010/sps/THA/10_3639_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The MOPH deems it necessary to revise the MOPH Notification 
(No. 196) B.E. 2543 (2000) entitled "Tea", to establish the appropriate level of yeasts and 
moulds in tea.  The Item 6(8) and Item 7(2) shall be repealed and replaced as follows: 
Item 6 (8) shall be replaced with:  "(8) Yeasts and Moulds 
  (8.1) Less than 1 CFU/ml for UHT and sterilized tea as stipulated in 
Item 3(3) 
  (8.2) Less than 100 CFU/ml for tea, other than UHT and sterilized tea, as 
stipulated in item 3(3) 
Item 7 shall be repealed and replaced with: 
 "(2) Tea, when dissolved according to th e information on the label, shall be of 
the qualities or standards as stipulated in It em 6(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9)(10)(11)and(12)." 
In addition, (3) shall be added to the Item 7 as follows: 
 "(3) yeasts and moulds less than 100 CFU/g The methods of analysis for yeasts and moulds in Item 6 and Item 7 shall comply with 
Bacteriological Analytical Manual (BAM) Online, US Food and Drug Administration 
(updated version) or equivalent method." G/SPS/N/THA/33/Rev.1 
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  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. 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:  The MOPH 
Notification (No. 196) B.E. 2543 (2000)   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date after published in the 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) :  27 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:    
13. Texts available from:  [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)  
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