. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/86
26 March 2002
(02-1548)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  THAILAND
If applicable, name of local government involved:           
2. Agency responsible:  Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Ministry of Public health
3. Products covered (provide tariff item number(s) as specified in national schedules
deposited with the WTO; ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where
applicable).  Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or
practicable:  HS Chapter 10.05, ICS: 67.060 (Cereals, pulses and derived products)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No.246) B.E.2544(2001) Amendment to  the Notification of Ministry of Public
Health (No.217) B.E.2544(2001) (1 page, available in Thai language)
5. Description of content:  Clause 2 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health
(No.217) B.E.2544(2001) Amendment to the Notification of Ministry of Public Health
(No.215) B.E.2544(2001) of 8 June B.E.2544(2001) is withdrawn and replaced by thefollowing statement:
"Clause 2 Importers of corn products according to Clause 1 for sale in the Kingdom
of Thailand must present at the customs houses the result of the food analysis or a
certificate of freedom from the Cry 9C DNA Sequence or protein produced from
Cry 9C DNA Sequence, as the case may be, as follows:
(1) the result of the food analysis issued by domestic government bodies or
bodies designated by the Food Committee;
(2) the result of the food analysis or the certificate issued by a responsible
government bodies of the country of origin or by the private bodies
certified by responsible government bodies of the country of origin."
6. Objective and rationale:  [  X ] food safety,  [     ] animal health,  [     ] plant protection,
[    ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or disease, [     ] protect territory from
other damage from pests           
7. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give the appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:           G/SPS/N/THA/86
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8. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Publication in which
the notification is published when adopted:
- Government Gazette Vol.118, Special Part 121 ngor., dated 6 December 2001
9. Proposed date of adoption:  28 November 2001
10. Proposed date of entry into force:  7 December 2001
11. Final date for comments:  60 days from the circulation date
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [  X ] National notification
authority, [  X ] National enquiry point, or address, fax number and E-mail address (if
available) of other body:
12. Texts available from: [  X ] National notification authority, [  X ] National enquiry point
or address, fax number and E-mail address (if available) of other body: