THA/535
WTO/TBT
TH Thaïlande
  • 67 - Technologie alimentaire
2019-05-18
2019-03-20

Food in General (ICS: 67.040)

Draft MOPH Notification, B.E, entitled "Requirements and Conditions for the Term "Premium" on Food Labels" (2 page(s), in Thai)

The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH Notification concerning "Requirements and Conditions for the term "Premium" on Food Labels" as follows:

1.       The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 365) (B.E. 2556) entitled Displaying of the Term "Premium" on Food Labels and The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 366) (B.E. 2556) entitled Displaying of the Term "Premium" on Food labels of Pasteurized Cows’ Milk and Pasteurized Full Fat Cows' Milk  shall be repealed and replaced by this draft Notification.

2.       Definition; "Premium" is the word used to convey message referring to quality or standard and specific characteristic which are superior to the same food type.

3.       Food labelled "Premium" on the label must be approved by regulatory authority (Thai FDA)

4.       Food labelled "Premium" on the label must comply with the following terms and conditions:

(1)     Quality and standards shall comply with the relevant notifications of the Ministry of Public Health;

(2)     Production methods, equipments and storages shall comply with the relevant notifications of the Ministry of Public Health;

(3)     Food product shall have standards, quality or specific characteristic either one of the following:

a.       Organic certification from authorized official government agency/body or officially or internationally recognized certification body.

b.       Geographical Indication (GI) registration from the Ministry of Commerce;

c.       Food product shall have specific characteristic of products superior to the same food type, otherwise they shall meet the following requirements:

1)      Having certificate or evidences that qualities or standards are superior to the same food type from authorized official government agency/body or officially or internationally recognized certification body.

2)      Having evidences of certifying or approval that qualities or standards are superior to the same food type domestically sold product as requirements prescribed in the Announcement of the Food and Drug Administration according to an approval of the Food Committee.

d.       Food product shall have standards, quality or specific characteristic of products that are superior to the same food type as requirements prescribed in the Announcement of the Food and Drug Administration according to an approval of the Food Committee.

5.       The food producer or importer shall test his/her product following to this Notification and shall submit evidences under clause 4 (3) to the regulatory authority every year.

6.       The term "premium" on its label shall be valid as specified in the evidence showing the quality or standard of food in accordance with Clause 4 (3), except in cases validity is not specified in the evidence showing the quality or standard, it shall be three years from the date of permission. 

7.      This notification shall come into force the following day after its publication in the Government Gazette.