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STANDARDS & REGULATI
STANDARDS & REGULATIONSONS

Plant Protection Act The Plant Protection Act is also 21 product lists that may or may not be shown on
legislated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, a label are almond, abalone, squid, salmon roe,
3which is similar to the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Disease orange, cashew nut, kiwi fruit, beef, walnuts,
Control but focuses on plants. It listed the plant’s name that should sesame, salmon, mackerel, soybean, chicken,
inspect in the export country, the rules and terms of restriction plants, banana, pork, matsutake mushroom, peach, wild
and a list of prohibited plants in Japan. yam, apple, and gelatin.
All countries are in the recovery phase from the
Food Labeling Act The Food Labeling Act is the regulation freeze and recoil of the world economy. When the
for labeling food products properly, supporting and protecting trading wheels continue turning, the most important
4consumer health to ensure that food products are safe to concern is the import and export regulations with
consume. It provides information for consumer consideration to buy partner nations. All the exported goods must meet
or not. This Act was under the Consumer Affairs Agency; CAA), and the standards and are safe for consumers. This
from this regulation, imported food must declare this information is to support domestic economic recovery and
clearly. turn crisis into opportunity again.
1. General name of the product
2. Ingredients with a declaration of allergen foods
3. Expiry date
4. Storage condition of the product
5. Nutritional information includes calories, protein, fat,
carbohydrates, and salt content in order
According to the ‘Expiry date,’ the meaning of ‘Best-Before’
means that the food products are edible and have a good taste at the More Information Service Info C012
labeled date and time. ‘Use-By Date’ means that the food product is
no longer edible and starts to rot at that date and time. For the allergen เอกสารอ้างอิง / Reference
food label, Japan has a total of 28 product lists. The golden 7 of https://www.krungsri.com/th/research/industry/summary-outlook/industry-
summary-outlook-2021-2023
allergen foods that must be declared and shown on the label are http://e-book.acfs.go.th/backend/uploads/Download/097c5571692c4e0af11b
shrimp, crab, wheat, buckwheat, eggs, milk, and peanut. The rest of 0f19369b0131.pdf

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