. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/155 
16 October 2006 
 (06-4977) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:   
2. Agency responsible:  The Office of Food and Dr ug 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):   Snack foods (ICS 67.040)  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries (including dome stically produced foods)  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft MOPH 
Notification, (No......), B.E. ...., entitled "Labelling Requirement for Snack Foods" (Available 
in Thai, 2 Pages).  
6. Description of content:  The Minister of Public Heal th is recommended by the Food 
Commission to notify the public that certain snack  foods shall be labelled in order to inform 
consumers of its nutritional fact s, in particular to prevent malnutrition among those children 
with risky eating habits, the main pr ovisions of which are as follows : 
1)  Snack foods including: 
 -  Potato Chips  -  Corn Chips  -  Rice Crisps  -  Biscuits 
 -  Stuffed wafers 
 -  Other Snack Foods determined by the F ood Commission at a latter stage as deemed 
 necessary and notified under the Th ai FDA Notification accordingly; 
2)  Food Labelling as required under General Re quirements for Food Labelling of the MOPH 
as well as specific labelling requirements for that  particular food, where the word content of 
"Children Should Take Less" with letter size of 5 mm in red color in white background box be 
affixed on the Label in addition to those requirements; 
3)  Nutritional Labelling as required under re levant provisions regard ing both cholesterol (at 
least 2 mg/eaten unit) a nd other nutritional claims; G/SPS/N/THA/155 
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   4)  Labelling of Nutritional Symbols for nutrien t contents of energy, sugar, fat and sodium 
salts to be shown in traffic light-like colour forms altogether with legible letters within a 
rectangular box, where the green is for low nut rient content, the yellow for moderate nutrient 
content and the red for high nutrient content, th e criterion for each nutrient is also provided 
therein;  and  
5)  The transitional period for compliance with the new provisions is 1 (one) year.  
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. International standard, guideline or recommendation: 
[ X ] Codex Alimentarius Commission,  [   ] World Organization for Animal Health 
(OIE), [   ] International Plant Protection Convention,  [   ] None 
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate 
reference and briefly identify deviations:   
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Not specified. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  After 90 (ninety) days of its notification in the Official 
Gazette.  
12. Final date for comments:  60 (sixty) days after notification to WTO Members.  
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ 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 Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Policy 3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Thailand 
Tel:  (662) 629 8970 
Fax:  (662) 629 8978 Website:  www.acfs.go.th E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th , anutviset@yahoo.com  
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 Co mmodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Policy 
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 Thailand Tel:  (662) 629 8970 Fax:  (662) 629 8978 Website:  www.acfs.go.th 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th
, anutviset@yahoo.com