Hand sanitizer (HS code: 3808.94)

Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Determining the Characteristics of Cosmetics Containing Alcohol for Hand Sanitizing Prohibited for Manufacture, Import, or Sale B.E. …; (1 page(s), in Thai)

By the virtue of Article 5, Section One, Article 6 (1), and Article 6 (4) of the Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015), the Minister of Public Health hereby issued the (draft) Notification as follows:

The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Determining the Characteristics of Cosmetics Containing Alcohol for Hand Sanitizing prohibited for manufacture, import, or sale since March 9, B.E. 2563 (2020), is hereby repealed.

In this Notification, "alcohol" refers to ethyl alcohol (ethanol), isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol), and n-propyl alcohol (n-propanol), determined as an/the "active ingredient(s)" in cosmetics containing alcohol for hand sanitizing.

Cosmetics containing alcohol for hand sanitizing, with the purpose of cleaning hands without using water, which have a concentration of either ethanol, isopropanol, n-propanol, or mixed together, less than 70% by volume or less than 65% by weight, are prohibited for manufacture, import, or sale.