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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.512
26 October 1998
(98-4151)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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, Ministry of Public Health
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of Industry
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):  Roasted coffee
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry
of Public Health No. 181 B.E. 2540 (1 997) Coffee (No.3) (2 pages, in Thai)
6. Description of content:  A modification of th e Notification of the Ministry of Public Health
(No. 77) B.E. 2527 (1984) Coffee which is modifi ed by the Notification of the Ministry of
Public Health (No. 132) B.E. 2533 (1990) Coffee (No.2).  The main amendments are asfollows:
- Caffeine shall only come from coffee which is used as raw materials.  The content
of caffeine shall not exceed 100 mg./100ml. of ready-to-drink coffee (liquid type).
- Ready-to-drink coffee (liquid type and powder type) shall have a label containing a
statement "with caffeine" in Thai font that must be set in the bold type (not less than
2 mm. in height) on the container and must be highlighted (bold face) to distinguish
it from the background and the other information.  In addition, labelling for
ready-to-drink coffee must meet the requirements of the Notification of the Ministry
of Public Health No. 68 B.E. 2525 (1982) Labelling and the Notification of the
Ministry of Public Health No. 95 B.E. 2528 (l985) Labelling No. 2.
- Those who received licences for food registration or those who received licences
for labelling prior to the enforcement of th is notification shall request for correction
in their licences within 60 days from the date of entry into force.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:
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8. Relevant documents:
1. Reference documents:
(a) The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 77 B.E. 2527 (1983)
Coffee (4 pages, in Thai);
(b) the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 132 B.E. 2533 (1990)
Coffee (No. 2) (1 page, in Thai);
(c) the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 68 B.E. 2525 (1982)
Labelling (5 pages, in Thai);
(d) the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 95 B.E. 2528 (l985)
Labelling (No.2) (3 pages, in Thai).
2. Publication in which the Notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette Volume 115, Part 22 ngor, dated 17 March 1998.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 November 1997
Proposed date of entry into force:  18 March 1998           
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           