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10 July 2023  
(23-4661) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  THAILAND  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
The Office of Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from a bove:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Foods (ICS 
Code: 67.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health  (No. ...) B.E ….Issued by virtue of the Food 
Act B .E.2522 Re : Prescribed Prohibited Food to be Pr oduced, Imported, or Sold;; (1 
page(s), in Thai), (1 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH ) is proposing to revise the 
MOPH notification concerning related to ready -to-eat gelatin and jelly as follows : 
• Clause 1  Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No . 263 (B.E.2545 (2002)) 
Re: Prescribed Prohibited Food to be Produced, Imported, or Sold, 12th 
September 2002, shall be repealed  
• Clause 2 Prescribed that ready -to-eat gelatine and jelly which contain  
glucomannan, konjac flour, flour from taro roots or flour from root crops packed 
in small containers with diameter or diagonal of the widest part not larger than 
4.5 cm. shall be prohibited to be produced, imported, or sold . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:   
Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health  (No. ...) B.E ….Issued by virtue of the 
Food Act B .E.2522 Re : Labeling of Some Kinds of Prepackaged Processed Foods  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  A day after the date of its publication in the 
Government Gazette.  G/TBT/N/THA/707  
 
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  10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS)  
50 Phaholyothin Road, Ladyao  
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900; Thailand  
Tel: +(662) 561 4204  
Fax: +(662) 561 4034  
E-mail: spsthailand@gmail.com  
Websites: http://www.acfs.go.th  
http://www.spsthailand.net/  
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