. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/THA/404 
18 June 2012  
 (12-3199) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  
Office of the Consumer Protection Bo ard (OCPB), The Prime Minister Office 
Government Complex, Building B, 5t h Fl., Chaeng Watana Road, Thung Songhong, 
Laksi, Bangkok, 10210, THAILAND 
Tel.:  (66 2) 141 3449 Fax:  (66 2) 143 9768 E-mail:  consumer@ocpb.go.th  
Website:  http://www.ocpb.go.th/  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
Thai Industrial Standards Institute (TISI), Ministry of Industry 
Tel.:  (66 2) 202 3504, 202 3523  Fax:  (66 2) 202 3511, 3543041 
E-mail:  thaitbt@tisi.go.th  
Website:  http://www.tisi.go.th/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Materials and articles in 
contact with foodstuffs (HS: 7323; ICS: 67.250). 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Notification of 
the Committee on Labels No. .. (B.E. ) Re: Products made of st ainless steel and intended to 
come into contact with foodstuffs shall be la belling controlled (2 pages in Thai)     
6. Description of content:  Products made of stainl ess steel and intended to come into contact 
with foodstuffs (containers, pots, pans, cutlery, cup and other products) shall be label 
controlled and must conform to the Notificati on of the Committee on Labels No. .. (B.E. ).  
The label must contain information of the following:  
(1) Material used: Type of stainless steel as  stipulated in the Thai Industrial Standard 
 (TIS) 1378 or international standard such  as SST 304 or SST 430; otherwise the 
 composition of the material including type and percentage of the main ingredients 
 such as chromium, nickel, as a minimum,  without using abbreviations or symbols; G/TBT/N/THA/404 
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  (2) Instructions for use, including as a minimum: 
- For product made of material not conformi ng with the standards mentioned above:  “
 "avoid contact with concen trate acid, salt or base". 
- Avoid scrubbing with abrasive material. - Products should be cl eaned with sponge and wiped dry immediately. 
(3) A warning, as a minimum, in larger char acter size and color cont rasting with the label 
 background: "NOT FOR USE WITH MICROWAVE OVEN" 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Safety and consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:    
- The Consumer Protection Prot ection Act B.E. 2522 (1979) 
- TIS 1378-2539(1996) Cold-rolled stainles s steel coils, strips and sheet. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined   
After the expiration of 60 days as from the date of its publication in th e Government Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addres ses, if available of the other body:    
Thailand WTO/TBT Enquiry Poin t and Notification Authority 
Thai Industrial Standards Institute Tel.:  (66 2) 202 3504, 202 3523 
Fax:  (66 2) 202 3511, 354 3041 
E-mail:  thaitbt@tisi.go.th  
and at: 
http://app.tisi.go.th/notif_th/tbt_12.html  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/THA/12_2140_00_x.pdf