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SPECIAL TALK BY FDA

that such matter must first be endorsed by the Cabinet and public hearing must
be undertaken the opinion from stakeholder. The detail of the notification is
summarized as follow:
1. Prescribed fees to be collected from applicants for food approval process
in accordance with the following lists:
List 1: Application evaluation and document verification
List 2: Technical document evaluation and establishment inspection
List 3: Other types of evaluation or verification not pertaining to List 1
and List 2
Remark: For more information concerning List 1-3, please visit
http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2560/E/199/23.PDF

2. Condition for fee exemptions are granted as follows:
2.1 The Act on Community Enterprise Promotion and the Act on National
Village and Urban Community Fund, total fee exemption is granted to Royal
Development Projects and legally-registered enterprises possessing machine(s)
of less than 5 horsepower and 7 workers in order to develop and promote
community enterprises.
2.2 Fee exemption is granted to those seeking to obtain a permission to
manufacture or export food samples for approval application or pre-purchasing,
or in cases of clarification letter submission for additional label request for food
produced for export to be sold outside of Thailand.
2.3 Partial fee exemption is granted to the cases that are stipulated in 2 (2)
such as the evaluation and verification of product approval application with
pre-former formulas and manufacturing processes pertaining to the same natural
or legal person, or the submission of additional document(s) of the previous
technical verification together with evidence of the original application.

3. Given the FDA collects fees for all concepts that are stipulated in the lists.
This applies to all applications submitted at the FDA Office, including those still
pending for the FDA’s evaluation that were submitted at any Provincial Health
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Office since the 5 August B.E.2560 (2017).

4. Given provincial Public Health Offices collect fees
for all items that are stipulated in the lists, effective from
4 December B.E.2560 (2017).
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กฎหมำยที่เกี่ยวข้อง/Relevant Regulation
ประกาศกระทรวงสาธารณสุข เรื่อง ค่าใช้จ่ายที่จะจัดเก็บจากผู้ยื่นค�าขอ
ในกระบวนการพิจารณาอนุญาตผลิตภัณฑ์อาหาร พ.ศ.2560 ลงวันที่
26 กรกฎาคม พ.ศ.2560 สืบค้นได้จาก http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.
go.th/DATA/PDF/2560/E/199/23.PDF
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Fee Collection from
Applicants for Food Approval Process B.E.2560 (2017). dated 26
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July B.E.2560 (2017). Available from: http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.
go.th/DATA/PDF/2560/E/199/23.PDF

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