Hazardous Substances

Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Labels of Hazardous Substances Responsible for the Food and Drug Administration (No. ..) B.E. .... (1 page(s), in Thai)

Ministry of Public Health has proposed the draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Labels of Hazardous Substances Responsible for the Food and Drug Administration (No. ..) B.E. .... The purpose of this draft notification further to amend the Notification of Ministration of Public Health Re: Labels of Hazardous Substances under Responsibility of Food and Drug Administration B.E. 2558 (2015). Regarding the hazardous substances manufactured, sold and possessed in the Kingdom of Thailand, the signal words (danger/warnings) will be added to the list of obligatory product's label elements, for small packages (the containers are too small to display all messages). The other existing obligatory product's label elements for small containers are as follows: Name and ratio of active ingredients (AI) which are hazardous substances identified in chemical names or IUPAC names, trade name (if available), and hazard pictograms; while other obligatory label elements can be put on the leaflets or on the packaging labels. This new notification also mentions that the manufacturers and importers of the hazardous substances, who have notified information of  the hazardous substance type 1 or registered the hazardous substances type 2 and type 3  prior to the effective date of this notification, can use the labels (legally follow the Notification of Ministration of Public health Re: The Label of Hazardous Substances under responsibility of Food and Drug Administration B.E. 2558) no more than one year from the effective date of this new notification.