. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/66
29 November 2001
(01-6097)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:   Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public Health
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   HS Chapter  2106,
ICS: 67.040 (Food products in general)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of the
Ministry of Public Health (No. …) B.E. … Food for Special Purpose (3 pages, available in
Thai language)
6. Description of content:   The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 90) B.E.
2528(1985) Labelling of Food for Special Purposes dated 11 July B.E.2528(1985) is
withdrawn. Good Manufacturing Pr actice shall be applied for production. In addition, this
notification prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification
Food for special purpose is classified into 2 types, i.e.
(a) Food for use by patients suffering from specific diseases or persons
with abnormal physical conditions;
(b) Food for use by persons who have special purposes in consumption of
food, such as food for the person wishing to control body weight, food
for the elderly, food for pregnant women, etc.
(2) Food for special purpose is food subject to labelling. The label shall be
approved before use and shall be in accordance with the ministerial notificationregarding labelling.
(3) The label of food for special purpose shall contain information, in Thai language
but may also be accompanied by foreign languages, on the name of food; food
serial number; name and address of place of manufacture, repacker or importer,as the case may be; net content in metric system; main ingredients in percentage
by approximate weight in descending order with the amount and proportion of
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consumed daily per the prescription of the World Health Organization; month
and year of  manufacture and expiry date or date, month and year within which
food remains in good quality.
Licences for food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this ministerial notification
will still be valid for not more than 2 years.
Producers or importers who received licences pr ior to the enforcement of this ministerial
notification must apply for food serial numbe r within one year after this ministerial
notification comes into force. Upon submitting the application, the former labels can still be
valid for not more than 2 years.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection.
8. Relevant documents:   Publication in which the notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the circulation date.
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Food Control Division
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Thanon Tiwanond, Amphoe Muang,
Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
Tel: (66 2) 590-7214
Fax: (66 2) 591-8476