Notice - Notification of WTO Members: Draft MOPH Notification, B.E. ..., entitled "Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy"
WTO code |
G/SPS/N/THA/232 |
Date notice |
02/12/2015 |
Notice type |
Regular |
Title |
Draft MOPH Notification, B.E. ..., entitled "Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy" |
Summary |
The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is proposing to revise the MOPH notification concerning Import Requirement for Food with Risk from Bovine
Spongiform Encephalopathy as follows:
1. The MOPH Notification No. 296 (B.E. 2549) (2006) entitled "Re: Foods with Risk from Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy", dated 13 January 2006, is repealed and replaced by this (Draft) MOPH Notification;
2. Classified the BSE risk status of the bovine population of a country, zone or compartment into three categories according to the OIE criteria, as follows:
- Category 1: Negligible BSE risk Country;
- Category 2: Controlled BSE risk Country; and
- Category 3: Undetermined BSE risk Country;
3. Described the definitions of "Beef", "Fresh Beef" and "Beef products";
4. Prescribed the import requirements for fresh beef and beef products for human consumption into Thailand according to the OIE criteria;
5. The following organs: tonsils, distal ileum, brains, eyes, spinal cord, skull and vertebral column from cows of any age including and any foods products thereof, are prohibited to be imported from all area without concerning of level or area of BSE producing risk;
6. This notification shall come into force on the following date after its publication in the Government Gazette.
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Product |
Beef and beef products (HS codes: 0201, 0202, 04, 0506, 1502 etc.) |
Country |
Thailand |
File attach:
NTHA232.pdf
Orther Notice: