. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/109
2 July 2003
(03-3539)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original: English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):
2. Agency responsible:  The Office of Food and Dr ug Administration (Thai FDA)
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  National Enquiry
Point
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], other:
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Stevioside and its
compound diet foods
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Ministry of Public
Health Notification No. 262, dated 26 September 2002 entitled " Stevioside and Diet Foods
Contain Stevioside" (2 pages, available in Thai)
6. Description of content:   As deemed necessary to approve the Stevia extracted Stevioside as
a compound diet foods for body – weight control, the Minister of Public Health isauthorized to notify the public that:
(i) Stevioside which is extracted from Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) is determined as
specific-controlled-food,
(ii) Stevioside must have quality or standard as specified under this notification,
(iii) Diet foods contain stevioside must be specifically limited to body-weight control as
provided by the Ministerial Notification No.121(1989), and
(iv) Stevioside and diet foods contain stevioside must be labelled in accordance with the
general provision on labelling under the relevant ministerial notification except for certain
provisions specified under this notification must be complied with mainly, the label for
stevioside directly selled to consumer must be declared statements "stevia extracted" and
"for adult only", product not directly selled to consumer must be declared statement "for
body – weight contain foods only" the label for body – weight contain stevioside must bedeclared statements" used stevia extracted stevioside
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
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8. Relevant documents:  The official gazette, vol.119, special chapter 91 d, dated
30 September 2002 (2 pages, available in Thai)
9. Proposed date of adoption:  -
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 October 2002
10. Final date for comments:   -
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
National Bureau of Agriculture Commodity and Food Sandards (ACFS)
Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200,
THAILANDTel: (662) 629-8970
Fax: (662) 629-8978
Website: www.acfs.go.th
E-mail: acfspol@acfs.go.th