. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/33
22 January 2001
(01-0307)
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 0902, ICS:  67.140.10 (Tea)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No…), B.E.2543(2000) Tea (4 pages, available in Thai language)
5. Description of content:  The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.58)
B.E.2524(1981) Tea dated 29 May 1981 is withdrawn.  Good Manufacturing Practice
shall be applied for production of tea.  In addition, this ministerial notification
prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification of tea
-T e a
- Instant tea
- Ready-to-drink tea (liquid and powder type)
(2) Quality or standards, i.e. humidity, total ash, water soluble ash, hot
water extract, content of caffeine, free from toxic microorganisms, toxin
from microorganisms in the content which may be harmful to health.
(3) Permissible limits of preservative agents, i.e. sulphur dioxide not
exceeding 70 mg./ 1 kg. of ready-to-drink tea, benzoic acid or zorbic
acid or their salts not exceeding 200 mg./ 1 kg. of ready-to-drink tea.
(4) Permissible limits of contaminants, i.e. arsenic, lead, copper, zinc, iron,
tin and sulphur dioxide not exceeding 0.2, 0.5, 5, 5, 15, 250 and 10 mg./
1 kg. of ready-to-drink tea, respectively.
(5) Containers
(6) Labelling
Licences for food registration or food labelling issued 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 applicat ion, the former labels can still be valid for
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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:           
8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:
Publication in which the notification is published when adopted:
-   Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 September 2000
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the WTO circulation date
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:           