./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/35
12 June 2001
(01-2888)
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, stdin@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: 2106, 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 (2001) Flavouring Agents (3 pages, availablein Thai language)
6. Description of content:   The Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No. 120) B.E.2532
(1989) Labelling for Flavouring agents dated 16 February 1989 is withdrawn. Good
Manufacturing Practice shall be applied for production of flavouring agents.  In addition,
this ministerial notification prescribes the following items:
1. Classification
(a) Natural Flavouring Agent;
(b) Nature-Identical Flavouring Agent;
(c) Artificial Flavouring Agent.
2. All flavouring agent products shall be labelled.  The label shall contain information
in Thai language on the name of the food, the statements "Natural flavouring agent",
"Nature-Identical flavouring agent", "Artificial flavouring agent" as the case may be; food
classification number; net content in metric system; name and address of a manufacturer,repacker or importer as the case may be; types and content of colour (if used), month and
year of manufacture or, 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 be valid for 2 years.G/TBT/N/THA/35
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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.
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) 590-7214
Fax: +(66 2) 591-8476