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Food – Thailand

Official title

Draft Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) (No. …) B.E..... issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food) (No. 2)

Thailand notified this proposed SPS measure to the WTO on 20 July 2026. The comment period closed on 18 September 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Food products in general

Notifying member
Thailand
Status
Proposed measure, not in force yet
Objectives
  • Food safety
Area
SPS: Food safety, animal and plant healthSanitary and phytosanitary measures
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/SPS/N/THA/813
ICS classification
  • 67.040 Food products in general
Keywords
Maximum residue limits (MRLs), Food safety, Human health

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Closed on 18 September 2026
Proposed adoption
To be determined.
Proposed entry into force
The day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

How to comment

The comment period closed on 18 September 2026. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO SPS enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/SPS/N/THA/813; it can take them up with Thailand.

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What the notification says

In order to protect human health and the environment, the Thai government by the Ministry of Industry is prohibiting the use of 'dicofol', effective 8 July 2025. Therefore, the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) proposes to revise Annex 1, List of hazardous substance type 4 (banned pesticide), and Annex 2, Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs), of Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 460 (B.E. 2568) (2025) Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food), issued on 12 June 2025. This revised MOPH Notification shall be called the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. …) B.E..... issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E. 2522, entitled 'Re: Food Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide Residues in Food) (No. 2)', which are amended as follows: 1. Add the pesticide defined as hazardous substance type 4 under the Hazardous Substance Act B.E. 2535 (1992) in the annex 1 of the Notification of MOPH No. 460, namely 'Dicofol', which the amounts of pesticide residues in food shall not be detected (at the limit of detection (LOD) specified in Annex 5); 2. Delete the Maximum Residue Limit (MRLs) of Dicofol in food from annex 2 of the MOPH Notification No. 460; 3. This draft notification shall come into force after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

Sources

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