. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/121 
7 January 2005 
 (05-0067) 
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 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):  Filled Milk for infants and Young Ch ildren Dairy Products (ICS 67.100) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:   Draft Notification of the 
Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) N°....., B.E. ...., entitled "Filled Milks for Infants and  Follow-Up Formula filled Milk for Infant a nd Young Children (No. 2)" (1 page in Thai) 
6. Description of content:  It is deemed necessary to prevent the children from tooth cavities 
and obesity caused by feeding the infants with sweetened foods.  The MOPH  is proposing to 
amend the Notification of MOPH No. 156, B.E. 2537 (1994) dated 19 December B.E. 2537 
(1994) as follows: 
(1)  Item 4.7 amended as "4.7 filling sugar,  honey or any other swee tener is prohibited, 
except for: 
(a)  lactose or other non-sugar carbohydrate that  its sweet is equal or less than lactose. 
(b)  filled milk for infant and follow-up fo rmula filled milk for infant and young children 
with malfunction of digestion, absorption or food allergy subject to the Thai FDA 
approval". 
(2)  Item c) will be added to item 11.2.10 and 11.2.11 as 
(a)  Statement of "sugar, honey or any ot her sweetener should not  be added as it may 
cause infant and young children tooth cavities a nd obesity" shall be legible by the letter 
size of at least 2 mm in conjunction with other caution labelling. 
(3)  Producers, importers of the filled milk s mentioned above which have been formerly 
registered shall su bmit the application in accordance w ith this notification within 180 (one 
hundred and eighty) days but the current label sha ll be applicable not more than 1 year after 
the effective date of this notification. 
(4)  This notification shall be effective 90 da ys after notification in the National Gazette. G/SPS/N/THA/121 
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 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 available 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   90 days after notification in the National Gazette 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after notification date 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 
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