. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/161 
7 May 2007 
 (07-1874) 
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 number(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where applicable):   Food contaminated with veterinary drugs  
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable:  All 
countries  as well as domestically produced food 
5. Title, language and number of pages of the notified document:  Draft Ministry of Public 
Health Notification (No. …), B .E. ….. on Food contaminated with Veterinary  drugs 
(16 pages in Thai) 
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) proposes to revise the 
measure for controlling, the veterinary drugs  in food as follows; 
(1) The MOPH notification (No.231) BE. 2544 (2001) on food contaminated with 
veterinary drugs, dated 30 July 2001, is repealed and replaced by this measure; 
(2) Food contaminated with veterinary drugs shall be controlled under the Food Standard; 
(3) Any edible portion of tissues, organs or  products of animal origin containing 
veterinary drugs, including the parent compounds, their metabolites and associated 
impurities, is considered as food co ntaminated with veterinary drugs; 
(4) The residues of veterinary drugs shall comply with the MRLs set forth in the 
attachment to this MOPH Notification  
(5) The method of analysis shall be prescribed by the Thai FDA. 
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:   G/SPS/N/THA/161 
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  9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:   
10. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  One day after being notified under the Official 
Gazette. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days after the notification to WTO Members 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [   ] National notification 
authority, [ X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if 
available) of other body:   
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 Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS) 
Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy 
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200 
Thailand Tel: +(662) 629 8979 Fax: +(662) 629 8978 Website: www.acfs.go.th 
E-mail: acfspol@acfs.go.th , anutviset@yahoo.com