. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/3
26 January 2001
(01-0421)
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:   Food and Drug Administration (F DA) , Ministry of Public Health
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:           
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):   HS Chapter 2202,
ICS: 67.160.01 (Beverages in general)
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Notification of
Ministry of Public Health (No…), B.E.2543(2000) Beverages in Sealed Containers
(5 pages, available in Thai language)
6. Description of content:   The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.62)
B.E.2524(1981) Beverages in Sealed Containers dated 7 September B.E.2524(1981) and
the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.180) B.E.2542(1999) Beverages inSealed Containers (No.2) dated 12 Novemb er B.E.2542(1999) are withdrawn.  Good
Manufacturing Practice shall be applied for production of beverages in sealed containers.
In addition, this ministerial notifica tion prescribes the following items:
(1) Classification of beverages:
(a) Water mixed with carbon dioxide or oxygen;
(b) Beverages which contain or are made from fruits, plants or vegetables,
whether or not being mixed with carbon dioxide or oxygen;
(c) Beverages which contain or are made from mixtures which contain no
fruit, plant or vegetable whether or not being mixed with carbon dioxide
or oxygen;
(d) Concentrated beverages as defined in clause (b) or (c) which must be
diluted before consuming;
(e) Powdered beverages as defined in clause (b) or (c);
(2) Quality or standards, i.e. specific odour and flavour, free from sediments,
Escherichia coli ,  toxic microorganisms, yeasts and moulds.
(3) Permissible limits of contaminants, i.e. arsenic, lead, copper, zinc, iron, tin and
sulphur dioxide not exceeding 0.2, 0.5, 5, 5, 15, 250 and 10 mg/1 kg. of beverages
respectively.
(4) Permissible limit of preservative agents, i.e. sulphur dioxide not exceedingG/TBT/N/THA/3
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70 mg/1 kg of beverages, benzoic acid or ascorbic acid or their salts not
exceeding 200 mg/1 kg of beverages.
(5) Containers.
(6) Labelling.
Licenses for food registration or food labelling issued prior to the enforcement of
this ministerial notification will be valid for 2 years.
Producers or importers who received lice nses prior to the enforcement of this
notification must apply for licenses within one year after this notification comes into force.
Upon submitting the application, the former labels will still be valid for the time period not
exceeding 2 years after this notification comes into force.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Consumer protection
8. Relevant documents:
Publication in which the Notification is published when adopted
- Government Gazette
9. Proposed date of adoption:  19 September 2000
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined
10. Final date for comments:   60 days from the WTO circulation date
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:           