Notifications for Thailand (694 notifications)

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered that it was appropriate to revise the detail of maximum permitted food additives that have been authorized, as follows:Clause 1 - The Annex I and Annex II of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 444) B.E. 2566 issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Prescribing the principle, conditions, methods and proportion of food additives (No. 3), dated 14 November B.E. 2566 (2023), shall be repealed and replaced with the Annex I and Annex II of this notification.Clause 2 – Manufacturers or importers of foods for sale, which food additive contained in such food has been approved prior to this notification comes into force and the provisions of food additive comply with the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 444) B.E. 2566 issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Prescribing the principle, conditions, methods and proportion of food additives (No. 3), can continue to sell the existing products, but not exceed two years from the enforcement date of this notification.Clause 3 - This notification shall come into force from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

In order to protect consumer health from pathogens and contaminants in drinking water, facilitate easy recycling of plastic bottle and reducing plastic label waste, the notification of the MOPH (No. 61) B.E. 2524 (1981) Re: Drinking water in sealed container and the amended versions will be repealed by the draft notification of the MOPH (No. …) B.E. …. Re: Drinking water in sealed container (bottled/packed water). This draft notification provides for:The definition of “drinking water in sealed container” which include “water defined by origin” (e.g., spring water) and “carbonated water”;Selective treatments for water defined by origin;Physical, microbiological, and chemical quality standard, including the maximum contaminant levels;The addition of food additive (carbon dioxide) in accordance with the notification of MOPH on Food Additives;The details on labelling requirements shall be in accordance with the notification of MOPH on Labelling of Pre-packaged Foods. However, the display of labelling on the packed water will be allowed to voluntarily use label-free techniques (e.g. embossing, engraving) and digital labelling (e.g. QR code) to provide food information to consumers. The name of the food or trademark or symbol or brand name, food serial number, and volume should be provided on the bottle using label-free techniques (e.g. embossing, engraving) together with a digital labelling on the cap. Likewise, the manufacturing date or expiration date or best-before date are required to be displayed on the individual bottled water. Additional information, such as name and address of manufacturer, importer, or head office, carbonation, chemical composition, geographic location, declared treatment or modification can be provided only in the digital labelling.Producers or importers of packed/bottled water which have been approved for marketing prior to this draft of notification comes into force shall comply with the new requirements within two years from the enforcement date of this notification.This draft has also been notified in the TBT notification.

In order to protect consumer health from pathogens and contaminants, facilitate trade on labelling for packed ice, the notification of the MOPH (No. 78) B.E. 2527 (1984) Re: ice and the amended versions will be repealed by the draft notification of MOPH (No. …) B.E. …. Re: Ice for human consumption. This draft notification of the MOPH provides for:Physical, microbiological, and chemical quality standards, including the maximum contaminant levels which shall be in accordance with draft notification of MOPH (No. …) B.E. .... issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Drinking water in sealed container (bottled/packed water);The details on labelling requirements for packed ice beyond the requirements provided by notification of MOPH on labelling of pre-packaged foods. It shall display the statement “ice for consumption” on the label;Producers or importers of ice for human consumption which have been approved for marketing prior this draft of notification comes into force shall be in accordance with the new requirements within two years from the enforcement date of this notification.This draft has also been notified in the TBT notification.

For consumer protection, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH notification concerning the maximum residue level of pesticides in food through a risk-based framework focused on either short-term (acute) or long-term (chronic) exposures using Thai food consumption data and field trial data.The main elements of the draft MOPH notification are as follows:Revision of the MRLs/EMRLs set forth in Annexes 2 and 4 of the MOPH notification;Revision of the Default limit set forth in Annex 3 of the MOPH notification;Addition of the provision "In cases other than those specified in Annexes 2 and 4 and Codex, the pesticide residues in food shall not exceed the ASEAN MRLs".This MOPH Notification shall come into force after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtypes H7N3 and H7N8) in the area of Australia. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtypes H7N3 and H7N8) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from Australia has been temporarily suspended.

The Draft Ministry of Public Health notification entitled "Natural Mineral Water", previously notified in G/SPS/N/THA/586 dated 18 October 2022, was published in the Royal Gazette dated 11 October 2024 as the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 454.Date of entry into force: 10 April 2025

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in the area of France. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from Morbihan, Landes, and Allier in France has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in the area of the Netherlands. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from the Netherlandshas been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H7N6) in the area of New Zealand. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H7N6) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from New Zealand has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtypes H5N1 and H5N5) in Cornwall and Yorkshire of the United Kingdom. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtypes H5N1 and H5N5) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from Cornwall and Yorkshire of the United Kingdom has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in the area of Nigeria. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from Nigeria has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in Changhua and Pingtung of Chinese Taipei. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of disease into the country. By the virtue of Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from Chinese Taipei has been temporarily suspended. Except the feathers and down of poultry that have been processed in the approved establishment by the DLD and these commodities that have been processed to ensure the destruction of avian influenza virus recommended by WOAH terrestrial Animal Health code topics 10.4.22 and 10.4.23 which use one of the following methods:washed and steam-dried at 100 ºC for 30 minutes; fumigation with formalin (10% formaldehyde) for 8 hours; irradiation with a dose of 20 kilograys.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in the area of India. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from India has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in the area of the Philippines. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) into  the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from the Philippines has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the area of Germany. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever disease into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live domestic pigs, wild pigs, and their carcasses from Germany has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in Békés, Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar and Bács-Kiskun of Hungary. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from Békés, Csongrád-Csanád, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Fejér, Hajdú-Bihar and Bács-Kiskun of Hungary has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the area of the Philippines. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever disease into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live domestic pigs, wild pigs, and their carcasses from the Philippines has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the area of Indonesia. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever disease into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live domestic pigs, wild pigs, and their carcasses from Indonesia has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Subtype H5N1) in the area of the United States of America. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza     (Subtype H5N1) into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live poultry and poultry carcasses from the United States of America has been temporarily suspended.

The WOAH has reported an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in the area of Myanmar. Therefore, it is necessary for Thailand to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever disease into the country. By the virtue of the Animal Epidemics Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the importation or transit of live domestic pigs, wild pigs, and their carcasses from Myanmar has been temporarily suspended.