Regulatory Updates

Distribution date: 03 December 2012 | Final date for Comment: 01 February 2013

This draft notification prescribes as follows: Clause 1. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 262 B.E. 2545 (2002), Re: Stevioside and Foods Containing Stevioside, dated 26 September B.E. 2545 (2002), shall be repealed; Clause 2. Steviol glycosides are food additive; Clause 3. Steviol glycosides are purified extracts of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. Associated glycosides include rebaudioside B, rebaudioside C, rebaudioside D, rebaudioside F, dulcoside A, rubusoside and steviolbioside; Clause 4. Producers or importers of food for sale shall follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), dated 6 September B.E. 2547 (2004), Re: Food Additives, except for Clause 4 and 6 shall follow to Clause 5 and 6 of this draft MOPH notification; Clause 5 to 6. Food items under clause 3 in this draft notification shall comply to the following qualities and standards: (1) Qualities or standards, i.e. Chemical name, Chemical formula, Description, Identification, Purity, Packaging and Storage; (2) The types of food and quantities of Steviol glycosides shall be complied with the Annex of this notification. Clause 7. Producers or importers of the food as stipulated in clause 3, whose food serial number permitted under the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 262 B.E. 2545 (2002), Re: Stevioside and Foods Containing Stevioside, dated 26 September B.E. 2545 (2002) prior to this draft notification come into force, shall follow this draft notification and the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 281 B.E. 2547 (2004), dated 18 November B.E. 2547 (2004) within one year after this draft notification come into force; Foods Containing stevioside for person who wishes to control weight under the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 121 B.E. 2532 (1989), Re: weight control food, shall follow this draft notification within one year after this draft notification come into force; Clause 8. This draft notification is effective on the day after its announcement in the Government Gazette.

Products Covered: Food Additives (No.4): Steviol glycoside (ICS Code: 67.220)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 26 November 2012

Proposed standards for use of vertebral column derived from cattle raised in countries or regions with the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for manufacturing, processing or preparing foods.

Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal of bovine animals (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.06 and 02.10) Bones unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products (HS Code: 05.06) Fats of bovine animals (HS Codes:15.02 and 15.03) Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals (HS Codes: 16.02 and 16.03) Greaves of bovine animals (HS Code: 23.01) Gelatin of bovine animals (HS Code: 35.03)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 26 November 2012

Proposed standards for use of vertebral column derived from cattle raised in countries or regions with the occurrence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) for manufacturing, processing or preparing foods.

Products Covered: Meat and edible meat offal of bovine animals (HS Codes: 02.01, 02.02, 02.06 and 02.10) Bones unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of these products (HS Code: 05.06) Fats of bovine animals (HS Codes:15.02 and 15.03) Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal of bovine animals (HS Codes: 16.02 and 16.03) Greaves of bovine animals (HS Code: 23.01) Gelatin of bovine animals (HS Code: 35.03)

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 22 January 2013

Specifies the requirements and prescribes the methods of test for Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and Diammonium phosphate (DAP), technical grades of fertilizers

Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 310221; ICS: 65.080).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 22 January 2013

Specifies the requirements and prescribes the methods of test for Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) and Diammonium phosphate (DAP), technical grades of fertilizers

Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 310221; ICS: 65.080).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 22 January 2013

Specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and tests for Potassium sulphate fertilizer, technical grade.

Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 310430; ICS: 65.080).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 22 January 2013

Specifies the requirements, methods of sampling and tests for Potassium sulphate fertilizer, technical grade.

Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 310430; ICS: 65.080).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 22 January 2013

Specifies requirements and methods of test for Potassium nitrate fertilizer, technical grade

Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 310221; ICS: 65.080).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012 | Final date for Comment: 22 January 2013

Specifies requirements and methods of test for Potassium nitrate fertilizer, technical grade

Products Covered: Fertilizers (HS: 310221; ICS: 65.080).

Regulation Type: Regular notification

Distribution date: 23 November 2012

Products Covered: Yogurt (HS 0403.10.01)

Regulation Type: Addendum to Regular Notification