. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/80
19 November 2001
(01-5845)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public Health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, whereapplicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  HS Chapter:  1508, ICS:  67.200.20 (Oilseeds)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No.233) B.E. 2544(2001) Re:  Amendment of the Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No.23) B.E.2522(1979) Re:  Prescribin g Peanut Oil as specifically Controlled Food
and Prescribing Quality or Standard, Production Method and Label for Peanut Oil (2 pages)
(Available in Thai language)
5. Description of content:  A modification of the Notification of Ministry of Public Health
(No.23) B.E.2522(1979) Re:  Prescribing Peanut Oil as specifically Controlled Food and
Prescribing Quality or Standard, Production Method and Label for Peanut Oil.  The main
amendments are as follows:
− Good Manufacturing Practice shall be applied for production of peanut oil;
− The label of peanut oil shall be in accordance with the ministerial notification
regarding labelling and shall contain the statements "natural peanut oil" or
"processed peanut oil" or "natural peanut oil mixed with … oil" or "processed
peanut oil mixed with … oil", as the case may be, with letters not smaller than
5 mm, under trade name, etc.
Licences for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of this
ministerial notification will be valid for two 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 two years.
6. Objective and rationale: [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           G/SPS/N/THA/80
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
Publication in which the notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette Vol.118, Special Part 82 ngor., dated 22 August 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:  20 August 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  23 August 2001
11. Final date for comments:  -
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:           
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of 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