. /.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/THA/108
2 July 2003
(03-3535)
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 Drug 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):   Methyl alcohol
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   The Ministry of
Public Health Notification No. 259 dated 9 July 2002 entitled "The Application of Methyl
Alcohol as Processing Aids on Certain Foods" (2 pages, available in Thai)
6. Description of content:   As methyl alcohol is acceptable for processing aid in food
production, the Minister of Public Health is authorized, whereas the Codex Standard also
taken into account, to notify the public that methyl alcohol may be used as processing aid oncertain foods namely,
(i) Calcium 5' – ribonucleotide or Disodium 5' – ribonucleotide which was determined as
specific-controlled-food under the Ministry of Public Health Notification No.38 (1979),
(ii) Stevioside which was determined as specific-controlled-food under the Ministry of
Public Health Notification No.262 (2002).
Methyl alcohol within this authorization is required to have the nature, specification and
foreign matters limits set forth under this notification and the maximum limit (ML) onabove foods is 50 mg/kg.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Protection for consumer.
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 2002G/TBT/N/THA/108
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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 Standards (ACFS)
Division of Agriculture Commodity and Food Standards Policy
3 Ratchadamnern-Nok Road, Bangkok 10200,THAILAND
Tel: (662) 629-8970
Fax: (662) 629-8978
Website: www.acfs.go.th
E-mail:  acfspol@acfs.go.th