The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) considered the existing notifications of the Ministry of Public Health regarding tea infusion should be revised in order to update the list of plants and parts of plant used as ingredient for tea infusion for more effective of consumer health protection and fair practice of trade.
Clause 1. Clause 3 of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 426) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), regarding Herbal Tea, dated 29 March B.E. 2564 (2021), is hereby repealed and replaced with the following: "Clause 3: "Tea infusion" means a product obtained from parts of plants and fungi that are processed by drying and may rough grinding or diminishing for consumption by boiling or infusing with water."
Clause 2. The plant and plant part listed as No. 92, licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra), in the list of plants and plant parts permitted for use as raw materials for tea infusion in the annex of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 426) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), regarding Herbal Tea dated 29 March 2021, is hereby repealed.
Clause 3. The plants and plant parts listed in the annex to this notification shall be added as items numbered 202 to 311 in the existing list of raw materials permitted for tea infusion, appended to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 426) B.E. 2564 (2021), issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), regarding Tea Infusion, dated 29 March 2021.
Clause 4. Producers or importers for sale of tea infusion containing licorice (item No. 92) as specified in Clause 2, who were authorized prior to the effective date of this notification, may continue to sell their products for a period not exceeding one year from the effective date.
Clause 5. Producers or importers for sale of tea infusion containing plants listed in Clause 3, items No. 202 to 311, who were authorized prior to the effective date of this notification, may continue to sell their products for a period not exceeding two years from the effective date.
Producers or importers of tea infusion containing plants listed in Clause 3, items No. 202 to 311, are required to comply fully with this notification within two years from its effective date.
Clause 6. This notification shall come into effect from the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.
This draft Ministry of Public Health notification was also notified under the TBT notification.
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