WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.97.222
29May1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-2250)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: THAILAND
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Food andDrug Administration (FDA), Ministry ofPublic Health
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
(1) Infant foods andfollow-up foods forinfants andyoung children
(2) Supplementary foods forinfants andyoung children
(3) Infant formulas andfollow-up formulas forinfants andyoung children
(4) Yoghurts
(5) Pasteurized milkandmilkproducts
(6) Food forspecial dietary uses
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: TheNotification of
Ministry ofPublic Health, Number 174(1996) Prohibition ofCertain Foods tobe
Imported orSoldinThailand (A4,1page, Thai)
6. Description ofcontent: Foods asspecified inthenotification ofwhich exceed theexpiry
dates indicated ontheirlabels areprohibited tobeimported orsoldintheKingdom.
7. Objective andrationale: Consumers 'health protection
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:25December 1996
10. Final dateforcomments: -
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: