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Draft Ministerial Regulation on Cooking Paper (TIS 3438-2565 (2022))
Thailand issued an addendum on 15 January 2026 to the earlier TBT notification G/TBT/N/THA/709. Addenda often report that a measure was adopted, changed, postponed or withdrawn. The measure was first notified on 19 July 2023. The comment period closed on 17 September 2023.
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Cooking Paper (ICS 85.080.90)
The comment period closed on 17 September 2023. You can still raise concerns about the measure with your country's WTO TBT enquiry point, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/THA/709/Add.1; it can take them up with Thailand.
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Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Industrial Products for Cooking Paper to Conform to the Standard B.E. 2568 (2025)
This addendum is to inform that the Ministerial Regulation mandates cooking paper to conform to the Thai Industrial Standard TIS 3438-2565(2022) Cooking Paper and will enter into force on 22 June 2026.
The draft ministerial regulation mandates cooking paper to conform with TIS 3438-2565 (2022). This standard specifies type, model, size and capacity, material, chemical migration, specifications, packing, marking and labeling, sampling, hygiene requirements and test method for paper, hard paper, and paper containers made of pure fiber or mixing of pure fiber with non-coloring synthetic fiber, intended to use in contact with food for filtering hot liquid, heating, or cooking under 220 degrees Celsius where there is a possibility of chemical migration into food.
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AddendumG/TBT/N/THA/709/Add.1
Ministerial Regulation Prescribing Industrial Products for Cooking Paper to Conform to the Standard B.E. 2568 (2025)
This addendum is to inform that the Ministerial Regulation mandates cooking paper to conform to the Thai Industrial Standard TIS 3438-2565(2022) Cooking Paper and will enter into force on 22 June 2026.
Regular notificationG/TBT/N/THA/709
Comment deadline: Closed on 17 September 2023
Draft Ministerial Regulation on Cooking Paper (TIS 3438-2565 (2022))
The draft ministerial regulation mandates cooking paper to conform with TIS 3438-2565 (2022). This standard specifies type, model, size and capacity, material, chemical migration, specifications, packing, marking and labeling, sampling, hygiene requirements and test method for paper, hard paper, and paper containers made of pure fiber or mixing of pure fiber with non-coloring synthetic fiber, intended to use in contact with food for filtering hot liquid, heating, or cooking under 220 degrees Celsius where there is a possibility of chemical migration into food.
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