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SPECIAL TALK BY FDA
SPECIAL TALK BY FDA

The Most Recently Enforced Food Regulations
Revision of the Regulations on

the Usage of Food Additives:

The Notification of the Ministry of

Public Health No.389 B.E.2561 (2018)

Re: Food Additives (No.5)

In 2016, the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food additives in accordance with the names of food additives, categories
Standards (ACFS) updated the data on food consumption of Thai or types of food, functions classes, maximum permitted use level,
nationals which consequently reflected the real situations of Thai notes, and adopted years. The food additives shall be listed in
consumers’ changing behaviors. Additionally, in the 40 Session of the alphabetical order (A to Z).
th
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), additional conditions for food In case where an additive is recognized for use in a general
additive usage proposed by the Codex Committee on Food Additives category, it is recognized for use in all its sub-categories. In contrast,
(CCFA) were finally adopted in order to establish the General Standard when an additive is recognized for use in a sub-category, its use is
for Food Additives (GSFA 2017). Therefore, to improve the effectiveness recognized in only under such sub-category or individual foodstuffs
of consumer protection and to make the food additive usage mentioned in such sub-category.
requirements response better to the technological needs of food The annex II consists of additional description of the annex I,
production, current situations, and international standards, the Ministry divided into 2 sections;
of Public Health, via the Food and Drug Administration, thusly prescribed Section 1: Description of food categories
the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No.389 B.E.2561 (2018) Section 2: Description of notes
Re: Food Additives (No.5) with the key contents as follows: 2. The condition of use mixture of two or more food additives
1. The annex I (Requirements on the usage of food additives) and performing the same functional classes, the safety evaluation in
the annex II (Explanations of the content in the annex I) of the Notification case that usage of food additives is not complied with the Notification
of the Ministry of Public Health (No.381) B.E.2559 (2016) Re: Food of MOPH (No.389), and the exception of enforcement for the specific
Additives (No.4) shall be repealed and replaced with the annex of this controlled food or prescribed food quality or standard which have
Notification with the following principal details: requirements to use of food additives addressed in the relevant
The usage of food additives shall be carried out in accordance with Notifications of the Ministry of Public Health are still maintained for
the names of food additives, the categories or types of food, the implementation as issued in the Notification of MOPH (No.381).
technological functions, and the maximum limit amount stipulated in Further information can be obtained from the Announcement of
the annex I as well as in the additional explanations in the annex II of the Food and Drug Administration Re: The Explanations of the
this Notification. Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No.389 B.E.2561 (2018)
The annex I consists of the requirements for the usage of food Re: Food Additives (No.5) wherein the following additional

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