./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/32
12 June 2001
(01-2885)
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 address: www.tisi.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):   Food additives
(HS: 2501, ICS: 67.220.20)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No....) B.E.2544 (2 001) Cooking Brine (3 pages, available in
Thai Language)
6. Description of content:
The Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No.73) B.E.2526(1983) Labelling for
Cooking Brine dated 27 January 1983 is withdrawn. Good Manufacturing Practice shall
be applied for production of Cooking Brine. In addition, this ministerial notification
prescribes labelling requirements, i.e. the name of the food (if any); food classification
number; the statements “Cooking Brine”, “preservatives used”, “natural food colour
added” or “artificial food colour added ”, “food enhancer used”, “sweeteners used” ifused as the case may be; name and address of a manufacturer, repacker or importer; net
content of food in metric system;  essential ingredients in percentage of weight; month
and year of manufacture, expiry date or date, month and year within which food remains
in good quality.
Licences for labelling issues 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/32
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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: To be determined
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
Tel:  +(66 2) 590-7214
Fax:  +(66 2) 591-8476