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SPECIAL TALK BY FDA
SPECIAL TALK BY FDA

Therefore, Food and Drug Administration issued the the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979) Re: Cleaning or Sanitizing Products
Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.412), for Food together with the Announcement of the Food and Drug
B.E.2562 (2019), issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E.2522 Administration Re: Cleaning or Sanitizing Products for
(1979) Re: Cleaning or Sanitizing Products for Food.
Food to establish the qualities or standards 6. In case the use of active ingredients is not
and safety requirements including complied with the annex of this notification, this use
condition of use under the Notification of shall be evaluated for safety aspect and approved by
Ministry of Public Health Re: Food Additives. the Food and Drug Administration. The safety
The key points can be summarized as evaluation shall follow the rules, conditions and
follows. procedures for permission according to the
1. Determine that the cleaning Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Food
or sanitizing products for food is Additives.
classified as food additives which 7. Labelling requirements for the products in this
are specially controlled under the notification shall be complied with the Notification of
Food Act B.E.2522 (1979). The Ministry of Public Health Re: Food Additives. In addition,
manufacturer or importer of cleaning or sanitizing following particular information shall be declared on the
products used in food production shall register label, such as name of food, instruction of use or method
the products in food registration with FDA in of preparation, direction for removing the product from
prior to producing or importing for sale. food, warning statements, and first-aid measures, etc.
2. Definition and scope related to this 8. The production of cleaning and sanitizing
notification are as follows; products for food production shall be in accordance with
“Cleaning or sanitizing products for food” means the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No.193)
food additives that intentionally used as processing aid for B.E.2543 (2000) Re: Production Processes, Production
washing, cleaning, eliminating or reducing quantity of biological, Equipments, and Foods Storages.
chemical, and physical hazards contaminated in food products, as the 9. The use of containers of cleaning or sanitizing products for food
case maybe. shall be in accordance with the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health
“Processing aid” means any substance or material, not including Re: Food Packaging.
apparatus or utensils, and not consumed as a food ingredient by itself, 10. Effective period
intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or its The effective date: The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health
ingredients, to fulfill a certain technological purpose during treatment (No.412) B.E.2562 (2019) issued by virtue of the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979)
or processing and which may result in the non-intentional but Re: Cleaning or Sanitizing Products for Food shall come into force on 14 th
unavoidable presence of residues or derivatives in the final product. November B.E.2562 (2019) onwards. In the case that the manufacturer
Therefore, the cleaning or sanitizing products which intentionally or importer of cleaning or sanitizing products for food was authorized
used in utensils, machinery and equipment in production, including before the date of enforcement of this notification, they shall be complied
various containers, and surfaces that are not food, shall not be with this notification within two years from the effective date, or by 14 th
considered as cleaning or sanitizing products for food under this November B.E.2564 (2021).
notification. 11. Penalty
3. The cleaning or sanitizing products for food according to this Any person who violates and fails to comply with this Notification will
Notification can be classified to 3 categories based on purpose of use take the following penalties:
and active ingredient or active compound as a component of the (1) An incorrect labeling will be classified as substandard labeling.
cleaning or sanitizing products as follows (1) Cleaning products According to Section 6(10) of the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979), anyone who
(2) Sanitizing products (3) Cleaning and Sanitizing products. violate shall be fined not more than THB 30,000 for violating Section 51
4. Qualities or standards of cleaning or sanitizing products for food of the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979);
consists of 3 parts: (See the Table) (2) Use of food additives (cleaning agent or antimicrobial agent) that
5. There are currently 13 active ingredients or active compound not complied with this Notification, shall be violated this notification; as
permitted to be used as cleaning agent or antimicrobial agent as follows: stipulated under section 6 (4) (5) and (9) of the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979),
- Calcium oxide anyone who violate shall be fined not more than THB 20,000 for violating
- Calcium hydroxide Section 47 of the Food Act B.E.2522 (1979);
- Sodium hydrogen carbonate Furthermore, refer to article 25(1) under Food Act B.E.2522 (1979),
- Nonionic surfactants in group of Alkyl polyglycoside, Decylglucoside, foods containing very high dose of food additives (cleaning agent or
Lauryl glucoside antimicrobial agent) that might cause of illness to consumer, are classified
- Peroxyacetic acid that are prepared from hydrogen peroxide, as impure food products and anyone who break this requirement, shall
together with acetic acid, and 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic be imprisoned not more than 2 years or fined not more than THB 20,000
acid (HEDP) used as stabilizer or both.
- Chlorinated trisodium phosphate
- Chlorine gas
- Sodium hypochlorite กฎหมายที่่�เก่�ยวข้้อง/Relevant Regulation
- Calcium hypochlorite ประกาศกระทรวงสาธารณสุข (ฉบัับัท่� 412) พ.ศ. 2562 ออกตามความในพระราชบััญญัติอาหาร
- Acidified sodium chlorite that are prepared from sodium chlorite พ.ศ. 2522 เร่�อง ผลิิตภััณฑ์์ทำาความสะอาดหร่อฆ่่าเช่�อท่�ใช้สำาหรับัอาหาร ลิงวันท่� 2 ตุลิาคม
and acid
- Sodium chlorite 2562 ส่บัค้นได้จาก http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2562/E/278/T_0034.
- Chlorine dioxide and the preparation substance such as sodium PDF
chlorite, sodium hydrogen sulfate. Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No 412) B.E. 2563 Issued by virtue of the
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- Ozone Food Act B.E. 2522 Re: Cleaning or sanitizing products for food, dated 2
October B.E.2562 (2019) Available from: hhttp://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/
For more detail, please access detail in the Notification of the PDF/2562/E/278/T_0034.PDF
Ministry of Public Health (No.412) B.E.2562 (2019) Issued by virtue of
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