The notification B.E. 2559 (2016) of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, regarding "Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin" notified in G/SPS/N/THA/216 dated on 23 July 2013, has been adopted in the Official Gazette dated 7 January 2016, as notified in G/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.1 dated 3 February 2016.
ACFS hereby issues the draft Announcement of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards regarding the SPS measures for the importation of peanut kernel from foreign countries. The inspection measures for imported peanut kernel are divided into three levels as follows:
1. Monitoring Inspection: This measure applies to peanut kernel imported from countries without risk of non-compliance with standards or recording the exporter in abroad in accordance with the Bureau's general surveillance plan;
2. Enhanced Monitoring Inspection: This applies to peanut kernel imported from countries where non-compliance has been detected in significantly higher quantities than the results of surveillance in (1) of the previous year's import history that may endanger public health. The proportion of inspection shall be increased to 30% of the previous year's import history;
3. 100% Order Inspection: This applies to peanut kernel imported from countries where noncompliance has been detected in significantly higher quantities than the results of Enhanced Monitoring Inspection as described in (2) of the previous year's import history that may endanger public health, which the Bureau has already notified the relevant competent authority and no corrective measures report to improve the standard control system has been received. The Bureau shall escalate the inspection to 100% Order Inspection, where officials shall detain products and collect samples for importer to have analysed by a laboratory accredited under ISO/IEC 17025 for aflatoxin analysis and present the analysis results to officials.
This announcement shall enter into force on the day after its publication in the Royal Gazette.
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