. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/175 
13 February 2009 
 (09-0743) 
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 "Standards for 
Single Food Additive No. 4"  Language:  Thai  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  According to the MOPH Notification (No. 281), B.E. 2547 
(2004) entitled "Food Additives" dated 18 Augus t, B.E. 2547 (2004) provided under sub-
clause of 4(2) that the Thai FDA shall determ ine the list and standard of Food Additives.  
Therefore Thai FDA is now issuing a new Draft of FDA notification entitled "Standards for Single Food Additives" for Monopotassium tartrate and L-cysteine hydrochloride. 
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 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:    G/SPS/N/THA/175 
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  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