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ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/144/Rev.1 
26 April 2010 
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Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Revision
 
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved:    
2. Agency responsible:  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):  Irradiated foods (ICS Code: 67.040) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners   
[ ] Specific regions or countries:    
5. Title of the notified document:  Draft of the Ministry of Public Health’s notification 
entitled "Irradiated Food"  Language:  Thai and English  Number of pages:  11   
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2010/sps/THA/10_1641_00_e.pdf  
6. Description of content:  This draft regulation is to revise the MOPH notification entitled 
"Irradiated Food", notified as G/SPS/N/THA/144 dated 11 April B.E. 2549 (2006).  To 
enhance the clear understanding regarding irra diated food regulations in Thailand, the 
MOPH has revised the related notifications by  binding the draft of FDA notification on 
"Method, Equipments for Food Storage of Irradiated Food", notified as G/SPS/N/THA/174 
dated 3 December 2008, as Annex 1 of the MOPH  notification on "Irradiated Food".  The 
revision has also been rearranged and adjusted to avoid the confusion, but no any stricter 
rules are imposed. 
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:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g.  title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text) Recommended International Code of Practice for Radiation 
Processing of Foods CAC/RCP 19-1979, Rev.1-2003 
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)    G/SPS/N/THA/144/Rev.1 
Page 2  
 
  [ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)    
[ ] 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:    
9. Other relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  The 
Notification of the Ministry of Public H ealth (No. 279) 2004 (B.E. 2549) entitled  
"Irradiated food "   
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :    
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :    
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  On the date after being notified in the Official Gazette. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure   
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  25 June 2010 
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 4204 Fax:  +(662) 561 4034  E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th  Website:  http://www.acfs.go.th