./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/36
12 June 2001
(01-2889)
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:   Thai Industrial
Standards Institute (TISI), Tel: (66 2) 2023512, Fax: (66 2) 2478734,
E-mail: thaistan@tisi.go.th, stdinfo@tisi .go.th, website addres s:  www.ti si.go.th
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):
(Butter HS: 0405, ICS: 67.100.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No….) B.E.2544 (2001) Ghee (3 pages, available in Thailanguage)
6. Description of content:  The Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No.32)
B.E.2522 (1979) Ghee dated 13 September 1979 and the Notification of the Ministry of
Public Health (No.53) B.E.2523(1980) Amendi ng the Notification of the Ministry of
Public Health (No.32) B.E.2522(1979) dated 18 July 1980 are withdrawn. Good
Manufacturing Practice shall be applied for production of Ghee. In addition, this
ministerial notification prescribes the following items:
1. Quality or standards, i.e. butterfat content, acid value, free from preservatives,
pathogenic microorganisms, toxin from microorganisms in the amount that may be
harmful to health;
2. Containers;
3. Labelling.
Licences for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification will be valid for 2 years.
Producers or importers who received licences pr ior to the enforcement of this ministerial
notification must apply for licences within one year after this ministerial notification comes
into force. Upon submitting the application, th e former labels can still be valid for 2 years.G/TBT/N/THA/36
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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 WTO 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
Email: foreign.sub@dlt.moct.go.th
Tel: +(66 2) 590-7214Fax: +(66 2) 591 8476
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