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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/134/Rev.1 
21 October 2009 
 (09-5171) 
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):  Herbal tea 
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 the Thai FDA entitled 
"Determination of Plants and Parts thereof as Raw Materials for Herbal Tea"  Language:  
Thai  Number of pages:  2 
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2009/sps/THA/09_3706_00_x.pdf  
6. Description of content:  The Food and Drug Administration with an approval of the 
Committee of Food to revise and replace the FDA Announcement entitled "Determination 
of Plants and Parts thereof as Raw Materials for Herbal Tea" under the MOPH Notification 
(No. 280) 2004 (B.E. 2547) entitled "Herbal Tea" as follow: 
• The leaves of Stevia rebaudiana  Bertoni 
• The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra L . 
• The flower head and leaves of Cynara scolymus L . 
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 G/SPS/N/THA/134/Rev.1 
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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:  The 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health  (No. 280) 2004 (B.E. 2547) entitled "Herbal 
Tea" (available in Thai) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  On the date after being notified in the Royal 
Gazette. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  On the date after being notified in the Royal 
Gazette 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date after signing by the Secr etary General of the Food and Drug 
Administration. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  20 December 2009 
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 or (+662) 561 4108 E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th  Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th