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SPECIAL TALK BY FDA
SPECIAL TALK BY FDA
SPECIAL TALK BY FDA

The Most Recently Enforced
Food Regulations

Notification of the Ministry
of Public Health No.393
B.E.2561 (2018) Issued by Virtue
of the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979)

Re: Food Containing

Pesticide (Pesticide

Residues in Food) (No.2)

The National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food
Standards (ACFS) issued the Notification of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Cooperatives Re: Thai Agricultural Standard :
Pesticide Residues : Maximum Residue Limits Issued by Virtue
of the Agricultural Standards Act B.E.2551 (2008) (No.2), dated
the 2 of September of B.E.2560 (2017), in order to revise the
1st
maximum residue limit for pesticides in agricultural commodity
to suit the current situations. In response to said notification, the
Food and Drug Administration, by virtue of the Food Act B.E.2522
(1979), thus issued the Notification of the Ministry of Public
Health No.393 B.E.2561 (2018) Re: Food Containing Pesticide
(Pesticide Residues in Food) (No.2) which has amended
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condition specified in its corresponding notification, to ensure Residues in Food), dated the 18 of August of B.E.2560 (2017), available
consumer safety and protection in the entire chain through the on http://food.fda.moph.go.th/law/data/announ_moph/V.English/No.387.
agricultural hazardous substance control systems, which are pdf
expected to be grouped under the same national standard. The
detail of the notification is summarized as follow; Enforcement Period The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health
2No.393 B.E.2561 (2018), issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E.2522
The additional conditions for pesticides in accordance (1979), Re: Food Containing Pesticide (Pesticide Residues in Food) (No.
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1 with Annex 2 Maximum Residue Limits (MRL) are as 2), dated the 24 of September of B.E.2561 (2018), shall come into force
follows: from the day following its publication in the Royal Thai Government
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• Added commodities and their corresponding MRLs are Gazette, which is the 23 of October of B.E.2561 (2018) onward.
added in No.5 Carbosulfan.
• New commodities and their corresponding MRLs are Punitive Measures Violators of the regulations stipulated in this
added in No.15 Groups of Dithiocarbamates. 3Notification who sell food containing pesticide residues, which is
• New commodities and their corresponding MRLs are considered to be a substandard food according to Section 28 of Food
added in No.47 Imidacloprid. Act B.E.2522 (1979), shall be subject to fine of not more than THB 50,000,
• Dinotefuran is added as Pesticide No.53 along with its or violators shall be subject to fine of not more than THB 20,000 and/or
corresponding MRLs and food commodities. imprisonment for any period not exceeding 2 years since such food is
The summary is shown in the table. classified as impure food according to Section 26(1) of Food Act B.E.2522
Further information regarding the standards for foods (1979).
containing pesticide residues can be obtained from the
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No.387 B.E.2560
(2017) Re: Foods Containing Pesticide Residues (Pesticide

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