./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.433
20 August 1998
(98-3270)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
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:  Department of Livestoc k Development, Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperatives
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall beindicated if different from above:  Thai Industrial Standards Institute, Ministry of Industry
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):  Animal feeds
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  The Notification of the
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on Name, Category, Type, Characteristics,
Quality and Standard of Animal Feeds (No. 3) B.E.2541 (1998) (3 pages, Thai language)
6. Description of content:  The Notification defi nes terms of meat meal, meat meal extract and
meat and bone meal which are raw materials of animal feeds for poultry (chicken and
ducks) and swine except for ruminate feeds.  Specified requirements of such raw materials
(the contents of protein, fat, fibre, moisture, ash, calcium and phosphorus) are as follows:
Meat meal Meat meal extract Meat and bone meal
45% prot. 50% prot.
Protein (%) >
Fat (%) <
Fibre (%) <
Moisture (%) <
Ash (%) <
Calcium (%) >
Phosphorus (%)>54
15
4
1029
7
360
5
4
1029
7
350
15
4
1032
8
345
15
4
1035
9
4
Pepsin digestibility not less than 82% and antioxidant not more than 0.2% of fat.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  Quality
control and animal health protectionG/TBT/Notif.98.433
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8. Relevant documents:
(1) Reference documents:
- Feed Quality Control Act B.E.2522 (1982)
(2) Publication in which the Notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette Volume 115, Part 47 ngor, dated 11 June 1998.
9. Proposed date of adoption:  21 May 1998
Proposed date of entry into force:  11 August 1998
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from circulation date
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:           