. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/165 
30 August 2007  
 (07-3655) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES  
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):  All foods (ICS 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable :  All 
countries (including domestically produced foods)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  NOTICE.  Draft 
MOPH Notification (No. …), B.E. ….., entitle d "Prohibition to production, import or sale 
of food in container packed with article other than food" (available in Thai, 1 page)  
6. Description of content:  This proposed measure is to regulate the food in container 
whereas the article other than food shall not be  packed inside food container, except for the 
purposes of food quality or standard preservati on, seasoning, or consuming accessories. 
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  As lately there were a 
number of incidents among children both suffe ring and dying of mistakenly consuming 
stuffs other then food packed inside food cont ainer. It is deemed necessary for the Public 
Health Minister to impose urgent measure  so as to prevent further incidents. 
9. International standard, guideline or recommendation:  
[   ] Codex Alimentarius Commission, [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention, [ X ] None  
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the 
appropriate reference and briefly identify deviations:    
10. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   -   
11. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  Early September 2007 G/SPS/N/THA/165 
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  12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments: [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy 
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200 
Thailand Tel:  +(662) 629 8979 Fax:  +(662) 629 8978 E-mail:  acfspol@acfs.go.th, anutviset@yahoo.com 
Website:  www.acfs.go.th 
13. Texts available from: [ X ] National notification authority, [ X ] National enquiry 
point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body:  
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy 3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200 
Thailand 
Tel:  +(662) 629 8979 Fax:  +(662) 629 8978 E-mail:  acfspol@acfs.go.th, anutviset@yahoo.com Website:  www.acfs.go.th