Thailand renews the Plastic Food Packaging Standards

On 1 June 2022 the Thailand Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) published a notification regarding Quality or Standard of Plastic Containers in the Royal Gazette. The notification was previously announced in G/SPS/N/THA/484 on 27 January 2022. The notification has been effective since the day after its publication in the Government Gazette which was 18 June 2022 and the previous Notification (No. 295) B.E. 2548 (2005) on the Determination of Quality or Standards of Plastic Containers (dated 30 December 2005) was repealed.

The new standards, which entered into force include definitions, general safety requirements, quality standards for food packaging made from recycled plastic, as well as labelling and other requirements.

This addendum deals with:

• Modification of final date for comments
• Withdrawal of proposed regulation
• Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation
• Change in proposed date of adoption, publication, or date of entry into force

In case the addendum extends the scope of the previously notified measure in terms of products and/or potentially affected members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.