Draft MOPH Notification, B.E. ..., entitled "Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy"

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH notification concerning Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy as follows:
1. The MOPH Notification No. 296 (B.E. 2549) (2006) entitled "Re: Foods with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy", dated 13 January 2006; and The MOPH Notification No. 375 (B.E. 2559) (2016) entitled "Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy", dated 1 April 2016 are repealed and replaced by this (Draft) MOPH Notification;
2. Classified the BSE risk status of the bovine population of a country, zone or compartment into three categories according to the OIE criteria, as follows:
- Category 1: Negligible BSE risk Country;
- Category 2: Controlled BSE risk Country; and
- Category 3: Undetermined BSE risk Country;
3. Described the definitions of "Meat", "Fresh Meat" and "Meat products";
4. Prescribed the import requirement to be in compliance with the OIE criteria;
5. Prescribed the requirements of evidence or certificate or Health Certificate, to approve that the foods comply with the requirements, to present to the officer at the port of entry;
6. This notification shall come into force on 21 July 2016.