. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/176 
13 February 2009 
 (09-0746) 
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 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):  Food additive (ICS Code 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ X ] All trading partners (including domestically produced foods)  
[   ] Specific regions or countries:   
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft Thai FDA Notification entitled "Requirements for 
Food Additives (No. 4)"  Language:  Thai  Number of pages:  3 
6. Description of content:  The MOPH Notification (No. 281), B.E. 2547 (2004) entitled 
"Food Additives" dated 18 August, B.E. 2547  (2004) provided under item 6(2) that the 
Thai FDA shall determine the Maximum Used Level of  Food Additives (ML).  Therefore 
the ML is setting on Monopotassium tartrate in bakery products, fruit juice and nectar and 
concentrated fruit juice and nectar.  Whereas the ML L-cysteine hydrochloride is setting in 
flour and bakery products. 
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 N°)     
[ X ] None G/SPS/N/THA/176 
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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:  MOPH 
Notification No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  After the approval by the Food and Drug 
Committee. 
Propose 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 signing by the Secretary 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 ):  14 April 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 41088 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th 
Website:  www.acfs.go.th