. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/122 
7 January 2005 
 (05-0071) 
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):  Foods other than Milk for Infa nts and Young Children (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 "Foods for Infants and Follow-Up Formula Foods for Infant and 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 and related adversed health effect s caused by feeding infants with sweetened 
foods.  The MOPH  is proposing to amend th e Notification of MOPH No. 157 (B.E. 2537) 
dated 14 October B.E. 2537 (1994) as follows: 
(1)  Item 4.6 amended as "filling sugar, honey or  any other sweetener is  prohibited, except 
for": 
(a)  lactose or other non-sugar carbohydrate that  its sweet is equal or less than lactose. 
(b)  food for infant and follow-up formul a food for infant and young children with 
malfunction of digestion, absorption or cert ain food allergy subject to the prior approval 
by the Thai FDA 
(2)  Item c) will be added to item 11.2.10 and 11.2.11 of the Notification No. 157 as follows: 
(a)  Statement of "sugar, honey or any ot her sweetener should not  be added as it may 
cause infants and young children tooth cavities and obesity" shall be le gible by the letter 
size of at least 2 mm in conjunc tion with other caution labelling 
(3)  Producers, importers of the foods mentio ned above which have been registered must 
submit the application in accordance with this amendment within 180 (one hundred and 
eighty) days but the correct label shall be  applicable not beyond 1 (one) year upon the 
effective date of this notification. 
(4)  This notification shall be effective 90 da ys after notification in theNational Gazette. G/SPS/N/THA/122 
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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