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Notification Detail :: G/TBT/N/THA/49

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Title

Notification of Ministry of Public Health (No. ..) B.E…. Labelling of Food Obtained through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification/Genetic Engineering (2 pages, available in English).

Objective

Product Covered

Maize (corn):  (H.S. Chapter: 10.05,  ICS: 67.060), Vegetables and derived products:  (HS Chapter: 1201, ICS: 67.080.20)

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HSCODE

1005 - Maize or corn; 1201 - Soya beans, whether or not broken

ICSCODE

67.060 - Cereals, pulses and derived products; 67.080.20 - Vegetables and derived products

Keywords

Food standards; Labelling; Genetically modified organisms

Specific Regions

Description

The following foods obtained through certain techniques of genetic modification/genetic engineering shall be subjected to label: (1)   Soybean; (2)   Tofu (soybean curd) and fried tofu; (3)   Dried soybean curd, soybean refuse, yabu; (4)   Natto (fermented soybean); (5)   Soybean milk; (6)   Soybean paste; (7)   Cooked soybean; (8)   Canned or bottled or retort pouch soybean; (9)   Roasted soybean flour; (10)  Roasted soybean; (11)  Food containing item 1 and 10 as main ingredient; (12)  Food containing soybean flour as main ingredient; (13)  Food containing soybean protein as main ingredient; (14)  Food containing green soybean as main ingredient; (15)  Food containing soybean sprounts as main ingredient; (16)  Corn; (17)  Corn snack; (18)  Corn flour; (19)  Popcorn; (20)  Frozen or chilled corn; (21)  Canned or bottled or retortable corn; (22)  Food containing corn flour as main ingredient; (23)  Food containing corn grits as main ingredient; (24)  Food containing item 16 to 21 as main ingredient.  2.	The label of the foods mentioned in 1, shall be subjected to the following Notifications: The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health of certain products The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.194) B.E.2543(2000)  Re: Label, with exception of Clause 3(1) name of foods and Clause 3(5) name of ingredients shall be as follows:  For foods which have only one main ingredient, the label should provide the statement of "genetically modified" in conjunction with, or in close proximity to the name of the foods under 1 such as "genetically modified corn", "tofu produced from genetically modified soybean" etc. For multi-ingredients foods, the label should provide the statement of "genetically modified" in conjunction with, or in close proximity to, or under the name of top three ingredients of food products such as "genetically modified corn starch" etc.

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