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ORGANIZATIONG/SPS/N/THA/16
5 August 1999
(99-3326)
Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:  English
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES
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:  Milk and milk products (ICS:67.100), meat and meat products
(ICS:67.120.10), poultry and eggs (ICS:67.120.20)
4. Title and number of pages of the notified document:  The Notification of Ministry of
Public Health No.187, B.E.2542 (1999) Amending the Notification of Ministry of Public
Health No.186, B.E.2542 (1999)
5. Description of content:  A modification of the Notification of Ministry of Public Health
(No.186) B.E.2542 (1999) Amending the Notification of Ministry of Public Health No.186,
B.E.2542 (1999).  The main amendments are as follows:
(6) The Notification of Ministry of Publ ic Health (No.186) B.E.2542 (1999) Amending
the Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No.185) B.E.2542 (1999) is 
withdrawn.
(7) Importation or sale of the following products are prohibited unless accompanied by 
a certificate, issued by the government authority of the country of origin, assuring 
that the products are safe and free from dioxin.
- Poultry and organs, beef and organs, milk  and milk products, eggs and products 
which contain poultry, beef and their organs, milk, milk products or eggs as constituents originated from France.
- Poultry, pork and organs, milk and milk products, eggs and products which 
contain poultry, pork and their organs, milk, milk products or eggs as 
constituents originated from the Netherlands.
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. Nature of the urgent problem(s):  To safeguard public health
8. An international standard, guideline or recommendation does not exist [  X ].
If an international standard, guideline or recommendation exists, give its appropriate
reference and briefly identify deviations:
9. Relevant documents and language(s) in which these are available:  Thai languageG/SPS/N/THA/16
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10. Date of entry into force/period of application (as applicable):  10 July 1999
11. Texts available from/and 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: