. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/THA/128 
10 August 2005 
 (05-3565) 
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:   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):  Food Supplement Products (ICS 67.040) 
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 
Thai FDA (No….), B.E………., entitled “Application Procedure for Prior Approval of Labelling of Food Supplement Products and Requirements for Microbials Control in the 
Products ”,  available in Thai (3 pages) 
6. Description of content:  This Draft Thai FDA Notification is  issued specifically for effective 
enforcement of Draft Notification of the MO PH regarding the Food Supplement Products, 
the key provisions of which are as follows: 
1) Application for Labelling  of Food Supplemen t Product must be complied with regulation 
of the Thai FDA on Food Serial Number and provi sion of evidences attesting the quality and 
safety of Food Supplement Product in question, 
2) Microbials which are spec ifically controlled under F ood Supplement Products are: 
• Staphylococcus aureus , must not be found as per 0.1 gm in food 
• Clostridium spp, must not be found as per 0.1 gm in food 
• Salmonella  spp, must not be found as per 25 gm in food 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ X  ] food safety, [   ] animal health, [   ] plant protection, 
[   ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease,  [   ]  protect territory from other 
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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:  Draft Notification of 
MOPH regarding Food Supplement Products. 
10. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:   the same day as the enforcement of Notification of 
MOPH regarding Food Supplement Products. 
12. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of circulation of notification 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 Ratchadamnerm-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 Ratchadamnerm-Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200 THAILAND Tel:  (662) 629 8970 Fax:  (662) 629 8978 
Website:  www.acfs.go.th 
E-mail:  sps@acfs.go.th