Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 233) B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Amendment of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 23), B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed Peanut Oil to be Specific Controlled Food and Prescribed Qualities or Standards, Production Processes, and Labelling

(Unofficial) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 233) B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Amendment of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 23), B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed Peanut Oil to be Specific Controlled Food and Prescribed Qualities or Standards, Production Processes, and Labellings. It deems appropriate to amend the notification of the Ministry of public Health, Re: Peanut oil. By the virtue of provisions of Section 5 and 6(3) (4) (5) (6) (7) and (10) of the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), in which contain provisions in relation to the restriction of Rights and Liberties of the Persons, in respect of which Section 29 and in conjunction with Section 35, Section 48 and Section 50 of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand so permit by virtue of provisions of law; the Minister of Public Health hereby issues the notification as follows: Clause 1. The expression in Clause 1 of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 23 B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed peanut oil to be specific controlled food and prescribed qualities or standards, production processes, and labellings, dated 13th September B.E. 2522 (1979), shall be repealed. The following expression shall be used instead. “Clause 1. Peanut oil is prescribed food to have qualities or standards.” Clause 2. The following expression shall be used in the second phrase of Clause 2. of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 23 B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed peanut oil to be specific controlled food and prescribed qualities or standards, production processes, and labellings, dated 13th September B.E. 2522 (1979). “Peanut oil producers or importers for sale shall follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Production processes, production equipments, and foods storages.” Clause 3. The expression in Clause 7. of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 23 B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed peanut oil to be specific controlled food and prescribed qualities or standards, production processes, and labellings, dated 13th September B.E. 2522 (1979), shall be repealed. The following expression shall be used instead. “Clause 7. Usage of containers for Peanut oil shall follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Containers.” Clause 4. The expressions in Clause 8. of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 23 B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed peanut oil to be specific controlled food and prescribed qualities © 2003 FDA, MOPH. or standards, production processes, and labellings, dated 13th September B.E. 2522 (1979), shall be repealed. The following expressions shall be used instead. “Clause 8. Labels of peanut oil. (1) Follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Labels. (2) Declarations of “Natural peanut oil”, “Processed peanut oil”, or “Natural peanut oil blended with ....oil”, or “Processed peanut oil blended with .......oil” by alphabets size of not smaller than 5 mm. beneath the trade name of that oil. (3) Declarations of types, production processes, and proportional ratio of other oil or fat blended in peanut oil by alphabets size of not smaller than 3 mm. next to the expression as stipulated in (2). (4) Declarations of date, month, year which is produced by manufacturers; and date, month, year of imported food which is re-packed in the country.” Clause 5. The following expressions shall be added as Clause 10. and Clause 11. of the notification of the Ministry of Publish Health No. 23 B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed peanut oil to be specific controlled food and prescribed qualities or standards, production processes, and labellings, dated 13th September B.E. 2522 (1979). “Clause 10. Food registration licenses or labelling approvals, which are issued to follow the notification of Ministry of Public Health No. 23 B.E. 2522 (1979), Re: Prescribed peanut oil to be specific controlled food and prescribed qualities or standards, production processes, and labellings, dated 13th September B.E. 2522 (1979), prior to this notification, shall be valid for 2 years after this notification come into force. “Clause 11. Producers or importers of peanut oil, whose permits issued prior to this notification, shall apply for food serial number within one year after this notification come into force. After applying for food serial number, producers or importers of peanut oil shall be abated from stipulation in the second phrase of Clause 2 for a period of 2 years after this notification come into force. As a result, the remaining labels are allowed to be used until last but not to exceed 2 years after this notification come into force.” Clause 6. This notification shall come into force as from the day following date of its publication in the Government Gazette. Notified on 20th August 2001. Signed Sudarat Keyurabhun (Mrs. Sudarat Keyurabhun) © 2003 FDA, MOPH. Minister of Public Health (Published in the Government Gazette Vol. 118, Special Part 82 Ngor, dated 22nd August 2001) Note: This English version of the notification is translated to meet the need of the non-Thai speaking people. In case of any discrepancy between the Thai original and the English translation, the former will take priority. © 2003 FDA, MOPH.