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Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin'
Thailand issued an addendum on 28 October 2026 to the earlier SPS notification G/SPS/N/THA/216. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 23 July 2013. The comment period closed on 10 May 2025.
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Latest notice (G/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.7, 28 October 2026)
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Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Re: List of International Standards Complying with Mandatory Standards (No. 2)
Whereas it is deemed appropriate to amend the Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Re: List of International Standards Complying with Mandatory Standards, dated 27 November B.E. 2568 (2025), due to the recognition of additional international standards aligned with the requirements of the Ministerial Regulation Establishing Agricultural Commodity Standard for Peanut Kernels: Maximum Level for Aflatoxin as Mandatory Standard B.E. 2558 (2015); The following provision shall be added as (e) under Clause 2 (1) of the Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Re: List of International Standards Complying with Mandatory Standards, dated 27 November B.E. 2568 (2025): '(e) Food Safety System Certification Scheme (Food Safety System Certification: FSSC 22000) Version 6.0 issued by The Foundation for Food Safety System Certification'. Therefore, the international standards conforming to the Ministerial Regulation on the Establishment of Thai Agricultural Standard on Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin as mandatory standard B.E. 2558 (2015) are as follows: 1. The system standards or production system standards, namely: (a) Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; (b) Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; (c) Food Safety Management System (FSMS)…
This standard establishes maximum level and control measure to reduce aflatoxin in raw dried peanut kernel intended to be used as food in order to enforce in the production, trade, and inspection of produced, imported and exported raw dried peanut kernel. Total aflatoxins in peanut kernel shall not exceed 20 microgram/kilogram (µg/kg). Also, the following control measures for peanut producer are specified: 1. Mouldy kernel, broken kernel, damaged kernel and foreign matters shall be sorted before distribution. 2. A peanut producer shall check aflatoxin level in peanut kernel from every lot before distribution. Peanut exporter shall have the evidence that exported raw peanut kernel is produced from registered peanut producer with granted certificate in accordance with this standard together with the result of aflatoxin testing not exceeded the limit established by importing countries. Peanut importer shall have the evidence that imported raw peanut kernel is produced from peanut producer who has control measure as specified in this standard together with the result of aflatoxin testing not exceeded 20 µg/kg from competent authority or accredited laboratory.
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AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.7
Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Re: List of International Standards Complying with Mandatory Standards (No. 2)
Whereas it is deemed appropriate to amend the Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Re: List of International Standards Complying with Mandatory Standards, dated 27 November B.E. 2568 (2025), due to the recognition of additional international standards aligned with the requirements of the Ministerial Regulation Establishing Agricultural Commodity Standard for Peanut Kernels: Maximum Level for Aflatoxin as Mandatory Standard B.E. 2558 (2015); The following provision shall be added as (e) under Clause 2 (1) of the Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards Re: List of International Standards Complying with Mandatory Standards, dated 27 November B.E. 2568 (2025): '(e) Food Safety System Certification Scheme (Food Safety System Certification: FSSC 22000) Version 6.0 issued by The Foundation for Food Safety System Certification'. Therefore, the international standards conforming to the Ministerial Regulation on the Establishment of Thai Agricultural Standard on Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin as mandatory standard B.E. 2558 (2015) are as follows: 1. The system standards or production system standards, namely: (a) Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; (b) Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; (c) Food Safety Management System (FSMS)…
AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.6
Notification of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards on the Submission of Supporting Documents for Import Concerning Quality and Safety Certification of Agricultural Commodities under the Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Thai Agricultural Standard on Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin as Mandatory Standard, B.E. 2558 (2015)
The Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin' was notified by the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, as contained in G/SPS/N/THA/216 dated 23 July 2013. This Standard was published in the Royal Gazette on 7 January 2016, as notified in G/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.1 dated 3 February 2016, and entered into force on 6 January 2017. The ACFS hereby issues this Notification on the Submission of Supporting Documents for Import concerning Quality and Safety Certification of Agricultural Commodities under the Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Thai Agricultural Standard on Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin as Mandatory Standard, B.E. 2558 (2015). Pursuant to this Notification, importers shall submit the following documents to the competent authority prior to the import of each consignment of peanut kernel: a copy of the Certificate of Thai Agricultural Standard for Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin (TAS 4702-2014), or a copy of a foreign certificate issued by the competent authority of an exporting country with a standard recognized as equivalent to the Thai mandatory standard under Section 29, or a copy of the foreign certificate issued by a certification body approved by the ACFS in a country with a standard different from the Thai mandatory standard under Section 30; a Test report on total aflatoxin levels in peanuts (Total Aflatoxin: B1, B2, G1, G2) issued…
AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.5
Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin'
The 'ACFS Notification concerning the List of International Standards Conforming to Mandatory Standards, dated 3 April 2020 (B.E. 2563)' has been repealed and replaced by the 'ACFS Notification concerning the List of International Standards conforming to Mandatory Standards, dated 27 November 2025 (B.E. 2568)' following its consideration and acceptance of one additional international standard, namely 'the Global standard for Food Safety Issue 9', which conforms with the requirements set out in the ACFS Notification regarding Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin. Therefore, the international standards conforming to the Ministerial Regulation on the Establishment of Thai Agricultural Standard on Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin as mandatory standard B.E. 2558 (2015) are as follows: 1. The system standards or production system standards, namely: 1.1. Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; 1.2. Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; 1.3. Food Safety Management System (FSMS) complied with ISO/IEC 22000; 1.4. Global standard for Food Safety Issue 9. British Retail Consortium; 2. Aflatoxin analytical standards established by a national organization or international organizations such as Codex Alimentarius (Codex), International Organization for Standardization (ISO), AOAC International (AOAC) or analytical methods…
AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.4
Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin'
The draft announcement on SPS measures for imported peanut kernels notified in G/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.3 (dated 11 March 2025) was published in the Royal Gazette on 17 June 2025. Date of entry into force: 18 June 2025 (This notification shall come into force on the day after its publication in the Royal Gazette.)
AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.3
Comment deadline: Closed on 10 May 2025
Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin'
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: 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; 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; 100% Order Inspection: This applies to peanut kernel imported from countries where non-compliance has been detected in significantly higher quantities than the results of Enhanced Monitoring Inspection as described in (2) of the…
AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.2
Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin'
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, notified in G/SPS/N/THA/216 dated on 23 July 2013, has been adopted as notification of ACFS regarding Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin in the Official Gazette dated 7 January B.E. 2559 (2016) as notified in G/SPS/N/TH/216/Add.1 dated 3 February 2016. ACFS is proposing to revise the ACFS Notification concerning 'List of International Standards Conforming to Mandatory Standards', dated 3 April 2020 (B.E. 2563) as follows: 1. ACFS Notification entitle: List of International Standards conforming to Mandatory Standards, dated 17 July B.E. 2560 (2017) and ACFS Notification entitle: List of International Standards Conforming to Mandatory Standards (No. 2), dated 26 September B.E. 2560 (2017) shall be repealed; 2. International Standards conforming to the Ministerial Regulation on the Establishment of Thai Agricultural Standard on Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin as mandatory standard B.E. 2558 (2015) are as follows: 2.1 Either the system standards or production system standards, namely: 2.1.1 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; 2.1.2 Hazards Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) complied with Codex General Principles of Food Hygiene or equivalent; 2.1.3 Food Safety Management System (FSMS) complied with ISO/IEC 22000 2.2 Aflatoxin analytical standards established by national…
AddendumG/SPS/N/THA/216/Add.1
Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin'
National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS), Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, notified in G/SPS/N/THA/216 dated on 23 July 2013, has been adopted as notification of ACFS regarding Peanut Kernel: Maximum Level of Aflatoxin in the Official Gazette dated 7 January 2016. This standard establishes maximum level and control measure to reduce aflatoxin in raw dried peanut kernel intended to be used as food in order to enforce in the production, trade, and inspection of produced, imported and exported raw dried peanut kernel. Total aflatoxins (sum of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2) in peanut kernel shall not exceed 20 microgram/kilogram (µg/kg). Also, the following control measures for peanut producer are specified: 1. Mouldy kernel, broken kernel, damaged kernel and foreign matters shall be sorted before distribution; 2. A peanut producer shall check aflatoxin level in peanut kernel from every lot before distribution. Peanut exporter shall have the evidence that exported raw peanut kernel is produced from registered peanut producer with granted certificate in accordance with this standard together with the result of aflatoxin testing not exceeded the limit established by importing countries. Peanut importer shall have the evidence that imported raw peanut kernel is produced from peanut producer who has control measure as specified in this standard together with the result of aflatoxin testing not exceeded 20 µg/kg from competent authority or…
Regular notificationG/SPS/N/THA/216
Comment deadline: Closed on 21 September 2013
Draft Thai Agricultural Standard entitled 'Peanut kernel: Maximum level of aflatoxin'
This standard establishes maximum level and control measure to reduce aflatoxin in raw dried peanut kernel intended to be used as food in order to enforce in the production, trade, and inspection of produced, imported and exported raw dried peanut kernel. Total aflatoxins in peanut kernel shall not exceed 20 microgram/kilogram (µg/kg). Also, the following control measures for peanut producer are specified: 1. Mouldy kernel, broken kernel, damaged kernel and foreign matters shall be sorted before distribution. 2. A peanut producer shall check aflatoxin level in peanut kernel from every lot before distribution. Peanut exporter shall have the evidence that exported raw peanut kernel is produced from registered peanut producer with granted certificate in accordance with this standard together with the result of aflatoxin testing not exceeded the limit established by importing countries. Peanut importer shall have the evidence that imported raw peanut kernel is produced from peanut producer who has control measure as specified in this standard together with the result of aflatoxin testing not exceeded 20 µg/kg from competent authority or accredited laboratory.
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