Food Act (B.E. 2522)

UNOFF ICIAL TnANSLA~I.ON • FOOD ACT B.E. 2522 . .',.' . BHWUBOL ADULYADEJ REX. Given on the ffth day of May B.t. 2522 Belngthe. 34th year of the Present Reign By Rayed Coooand of His Majesty l( lng Bhum tbo l MulyQdeJ Et Is hereby procl a irned that; Whereas it Js deemed exp~~ient to revise the law on Food Qual ity Control ~ , His Majesty the King, by and with. the advice and consent of the • ~-'..:. I ConstItuent Assel:Obly In its cepeclty as Pei'L18flent. Is graciously pleiOlsed to" tiile.ct an Act as follows:. SECTIONl. This /let shall be called the nFOod Act B.E. 2522. SECTlOll2 • This Act aha.11 cone Into force onand from the day .. following its pqbl~catlofi in the Government Gazette. SECTION 3. The following shall be repeal: (1) food Quality CDnt~ol Act .B.E. 2507 (2) Announce~nt of the Revolutionary Party No.49, dated IS January n.E. 2515 All otber laws, rules and regulotlons insofar as they are provided for herein or are contrary to or conflct wIth the provisions of this Act l,l.re superseded hereby. SECTION 4. In ·this Act: "FOOd" means edible Items Bnd those ~hich sustuln life:. (l) SubstoflCe can be eat, drunk, sucked or gotten In to the body either by Illouth or- hy other means, no matter in \'that rOfill. but not including nedlc.lne, psychotropic substances, narcotic onder the law as the case I)l:ey be • .f (2) Substance Intended for use or to be used as ingredients In the production of food Including food IIddlt!Ve t colour lng I1lQtter end' flllVQUr I ng : "Controlled ro~s':..means roocs published in, the Goverhm.entjia:ze:tte by the M.lnjster l3,sthe qual ltyor atandard control food. ~rood recrpe" .Jil~el)$ list of$ubst~tlce which is used as lngred!ent~ 1n the product, Ion of food In a spec i fi ad contentj. "Cont.a l ner-" raeens any object used as a receptacle for placing, pa.ckagll\g or any other- method; "label" Includes BOy figure, Invented design or text shown on the food. food conta Iner Or package i. "Produce~ ~eans to ~8ke, mix, transform and<'lncludes repacklngl "S1l;1e~ Includes to dIstribute or exchange as: well as to have In a ~osseslQn ~or the purpose of sale; "Import" means to bring into the Kingdom;. " "Expm't" means to sellout side the Kingdom; "Factory" eeens factory under" the factory law set up for the produatjoD, of fooo; "Licensee" means person who reee lved l lcenee i lcense under the I\ct~ luthe case of'Judstic person rece Iv lnq the licensee, shall include the person th~t the Juristic entity has .appolnted to operate bus lnessj f1 c ~ "Author-l ty" neene ' the Secretary General of the Food nndDrug, Administration; ora person·nuthorized by him. "Commission" Ine&n Food COln~lssJon; •"Competent officeI'" means persons appointed ~y the Klnister to carry out the pro". Is Ions of thls Act; , "Minister" means the Hinister in char:ge of thls Act. J SECTlOM 5. the Minister of Pub) Ic, Health shall be in charge of the execution of ~hl$ set and shall be eIllpowered to appoint competent officers. pr()~ulgate t11nlstedal Regulations, specifying the 'fees not exceeding 'the maximum fee specified in this oct, exempting the payment of fees or set other act.Iv lt.les .In order to car-ry out the provf s Ions of thl,S Act. lilnlsterlal Regulations ant:! notification after published in the Government Gazette shall come Into effect. SECTION 6, In the lnterests of controlling food, the Mlnjster shell be empowored to publish In the Government Gazette. {I} prescribing controlled foods\ (2) prescribing quallty or stllndor<l ~of controlled food by reference to the nn.IOO, e l ass , klnd , Of' nature of, rcoc produced for stile, Iroport for sale or sale 1noI ud lng pr Inc.lple ,conti 1tlens and 1nQthods of pfOductlon fop sale, t~Rort for sale or sale, (3) prescribing- ql,l~llty or standElI'd of food other than cent.rolled food prescribed under- ( I ) wIth 01' \IIi thout: the prl nolple I cond It.l ons and metnods·of production fo~ sale, Import for sale or sale; (4) prescribing the p~oportlon' of ingredients used in the product ion of food by reference to the nene , class I kInd or na tu re o'f food produced for sale, Imported for sele 0.1' sale, lnclud lnc the use of eelour lng'mstter and flavouring; (5) prescrihing the principle1 conditions and methods of using preservatives and methods of preserving, adl1lb::ture .of colouring or other matter in food produced for sale, Jl"i:lported for- sale or- sale (6) prescr-Ib Inq the qU61 !ty or stenderd of contalner end use of container lncludlng the prohJbltlon to use any packaging ~6ter!61 as a container of food; 4 l (7) ~rescrlblng the methods of production, tools andutenstls used In the productIon 'and preservation of food In order to prevent the food 'produced for sale, Inpor-ted for sale or sale from becmlng impure food under thIs Act; (8) prescr-Ib lnq food, which Is prohibited to be produced, import or sole; (9) prescribIng tne principle conditions andmeth.odsofinspec t.Ion, storage, seizure. and nethoo of analysis of f'ood inclucilngreference documents; (10) prescplblng the class end.klnd of food produced for sale, hn,ported f'or- sale Or sale which required lab~is,. tile texts on the Iabels , condlt.lons -and the dl sp lny of tile labels and also the-pr:inciple and methol of advertisIng on the,-Iube ls, ,Chapter '1 Food Commission SECTION 1. There shall be a commission called the "Food Comrols~ slonflcornposed of the PerJDenent Secretary of the Ministry of Public llealth as Chulrmanrsearet.ary General of the" Food and Drug Mmlnistrution, DIrec tor" (Jeneral of the Henlth Depar-traent, or representative, OII'ector General of Medical service Department or representative, Director General of the COIMIU nlcable Disease control Department or representative r Director General. of the'-'Medlcal Science Deportment orrepnssentatlve, Directo~General of. SCIence and servIce Department or representatIve, Director General ~f Dep-ortfllent of Domestlc Trade or represent.at lve , DIrector General of Customs DepertroeriLor representatIve, representatlves from th~Minlstry of Defen~~" 5 representat.lve from Ministry of Agrlculture , and repersentat lve of the Leglslatlve Commission -are members and not more than 9 qual ifled persons eppolntedby: the HI nlstef' 88 mellLbers. Of this group not more than 4 persons oust he representatives of manufacturer. importer Dr dealer ~f food. SECTION 8. The CommIssion shell have the power and duty to offer an advice and op ln lons to the MInister or the author-I ty, 8S the case may be , j n the following matters; (1) Promulpat Ion under Bect lone (2) Consideration ~ppeals under Section 19 (3) Wlthd~Bwal of the product 11cenc~ under Section 39 ( 4) To act occordtng: to Section 44 , {5,) To suspend licences or w!ttldr6w licences under Section 46 SECTION 9. Hersbera appointed by the Minister shall have 8 term of office of two years find mny be reappointed, SECTION 10.·' --Apart from vaca.ting of'f'Ice of the exp lr-atton of a ~ , terns, under- Sect.ion 9 membe~ eppotnted by the Minister shal 1; vacate office upon i C1) death (2) res lqnat.Ion (3) beIng fldJud~ed bankrupt (4) being adjudged Incompetent or qu~si-I~competent (5) being sentenced by or f'Ine l judgement to imprisonment except for 'petty offenses or offerse~ of l'l.egl Ige~ce, When o member vacates office before the exp lr-at.Ion of his term, the Minister may appoint another person In this stead and shall serve fop the rene 1nde r of the 1 une~p j red te rrn , 15 In the case of the Hlnlster appointing'additional nenbere whlle other meroge~$ ·p~e~lously appointed are stlll in office, the nddltlonol membet shall be:ln office equ!ll to the remainder of the unexplred term of • ... ~. C' • ' • • • - - • . - • theprev1ous1y appol.n!;.e,d,.members: . SECTION 11. The quorun for the meetings of the GOfllllllss Ion shall cons lst of at least hal t the total number of members. If the Chairman of the Commission Is obsent from the rneetlng those attending shall elect one .of themselves: as Chairman for the meeUng. Decisions of the Comm,lssion shall be by a majodty vote. Each rnembe. shell hove one vote. In case of tie, the Ghairm~n of the meetIng shall have an additIonal casting .vote, SECTiON 1:2. The Commission shall have the power- to appoint a sub-committee for carrying out duties that the COIlliili'ssion decr.eed and Sectlon 11 shell apply to the meeting of,the suh-coamt t.ted mutatis mutandis. SECT.1QN 13. In' the perf'ormance of their dutles, the Commlsslqn Is ~lJlpm,ered to issue wr;lttenl)rders surnroonlng eny person to tesUfyor submit documents or any materlal for consIderation. Cpe.pter 2 Appl1cet1ons.~or licences and the Gra.ntlng of Licences SECtION 14. No one may to produce food fof' sale except recelvin\J };i cense from theautho [" j ty . Applications for lIcences and the granting of licences shall be in accord once with the princlple 1 procedures or conditions'prescribed in tlae MInisterial Regulatlon.s. 7 SECrIOO 15. Ho one !Uay hupott'foodfol' sale except 'receiving licence from the uuthor1ty: Appl icat!ons for 1 Icencss and the granting of l Icences shall be in uccord~noewlth the, princIple, pr~ceQures Or conditions prescrIbed in the Ministerlnl Regulations. SECTION 16. Section 1-4 and 15 shall not includIng the following, (l) Occasional Production or import of food which received occ&slonal licence from the autho~ity. (2) Productiob ~r the export of food sample for registration or for consideration before orderirtg. Persons receIving exemption under (1) and (2) must abide by the principle. end condItions prescribed In the Hin!sterlal Regul~tlon. SECTION 17. Licences Issued under Sectlon i4, Section 15 end Section 16 (1) shall accord protection to the employees end representet Ive of the 1tcense.e . If shall be deereed that act Ions of the 'elDployees or representative of the l lcencee thet Is accorded protection I ere the actions of the llcencee except when the llcencee can prove that the actions were beyond his k~owlng Or cont.ro l-, SECTION' 18. Licenses Issued under section 14 end section 15 shall be Valid until the 31st December oft~e thlrdyear from the date 'of. Issue. If the lIcencee wishes to extend, the licence, must submit ~n npplication before the l Ioence 'has exp l red. Upon submitting the epp l Icat ion, the l lcencee cen continue the business until the authority does not grant the llcenceextentlon. The application' for extension of ) (cence nnd the granting of licence shall be In acccrdance with the principle and conditions prescribed in the Ministerial Reg,ullltrone. s SEcnON19. InLhe event that licence is not granted or does not grant extension of theJ Icence or does not grant permrss lon to Illodlt~f; of production premises. Ifllport. prenlsee 01" stotagepremlses. The person apply Ing for l Icence , extension of flcence or pernfss Ion to modify prelIllses h6S the rIght to appeal to- the MinIster In wrl tlng within gO dsys from the da~ of eckno~le~gement of the refusal to lss~e 6 licence, extention of licence or to modIfy premises. The decision of the Minister sholl be flnal. In the event that the l Icence Is notgronted extens Ion of licence. pr-Ier 'to the Ministers decision, the Hl-nister Is empowered to allow to continue the buslness upon request from the person-who submitted .the appeal. Cf:l.apter 3 Duties of' the 1iaencee concerning :f'ood SECT10H 20. The llcenceeund7r Section 14 or· SectIon 15 Is pro hlbt ted to.prcduce , Inport, or keep t~e food outside the place specified in tl)e.J ~cence. SECTION 21. The licenceo is prohibited to ~o~lfy the production prenlsee , Import premises or storage preml ses excpt by the permission from. the authority. Application for::peI'JIlit 01' the grantlng of permit .shal I he In accordance with the pr-Inctp le and conditions prescr-Ibed in the Kinlsterlal Regul 0.tions . SECTION 22. Jf the licence or product licence 1s lost ordes-' troyed,. the licencee shall not.lf'y the eut~ofity end apply for a replacement of licence or replacement of pr~duct licence within fifteen days fro~ the date which the loss or destruction is known. 9 •'the 'ilppt lcutlon for LIcence ,or product licence find the repl ece rnent of! lcence and the repl acenent of product licence shall be in accor dance with -the principle and conditions prescr-Ibed.Tn the MlnlsterlaJ Regulation. SECTION 23. The 11cencee must show theIr licence or replacement, as the cese may be openl y and consp lcous ly at the place of product.Ion or importation whIch spec l f led 1n the LIcence. The li cencee must have a s ign showing "the f'ood product.lon prell\i~~s' or ~the Irnportfood prernises 1' openly and conspicousfyoutsldethe ,premlses, SECTION' 24. For the benef j t, of export or when It is necessary for theUcencee to occas ione l ly produce controlled food for export. the authority may grant occas Ionul 1icences for 1 lcencee -to produce controlled food .eccordlnq to the standard' of foreign countries or Iuternat.Iune l standards, regardless of whether the standard are lower or higher than the standard tJl&t spec lf'Ied-by the tHnister In Section O. rite commission she l l be notified. Chs,pter 4 Control or Food SECTION 25. No one may produce, import for sllle or distribute the following foods: ( 1) impure food i (2) 'adulterated food; (3) substandard food; (4) 'other food wblch specified by the Hlnlster 10 SEcnON 2ij. Food of the following deser-Ipt ton shall be deemed Impure; (I)" FOQd which contains anything likely to be dangerous to healtb (z) Food in which e substance or chemIcal substance has been ntxed whlch could deter-tor-ate the qualIty unless: such ed.m~xtu;e is ncessar-y to the process otprodcot.Ion, the production and has been author-Ized by the competent of'f'Jcer-, (3) Food unhyglentcol1y produ~~. packed or stored. {4) Food pr-oduced from animals having a d~see$e which might be co~unlcsted to mon. (0) food In containers made of nater-Ia Is which. are 11kely to be dangerous to health. SECTION 27. Food of the followln"g description 8MJ} be deemed edu1te rated t (1) food (or which.· other substances are partly eubst ltutedor In wh~ch valuable substances ere w901lyor partly removed and WhIch is $oldas or under the nene of the genuIne food:. (2) Substances or food produced 6S substitutes for any food and distributed as b~lng genuine food. (3) Food which i.smlxed or prepared In any way to conoeel defects or 1nfer tor- qual! ty ~f the rcou. (4) Foods IBbelled In order to deceive or try to deceive the purchesera in rqatters of qlJ~ l lty t quent Ity I usefulness or spec Ie1 nature or place of country of production. (5) Food not up to the quellty or standard presc~ibed by the t Hlnister under Section 6 (2) or (3) and tne quality or standard of tnat food deViate from the upper-or lower specified limit more than thIrty percent or Its deviBtlon may h~rmful to the consumer. 11 SECnON 28. Substandard fO?d b:; 6 food not I,l.pto the quallty or stsndo.rd prescr!bedby the M~nlster under section 6(2)ol" (3) but lts deviation is not as blgh US in Sectlon 27(5). SECTION 2IL Food of the follo\flng description shull be deemed food under Sect Ion 25( -4) • (1) not s~fe for cOn$~ptlon; (2) unreliable Incllcatlon; (3) value or usefulness ts not, sppropr-late to the consumer. SECTION 30. for' the bener t t of ensuring that food: be hyg ierdc and to protect consumer fr.OJl1 hell I th ·t'rtlzerd. the Secretary of the food and Drugs Administl'ation shall be empowerad to give written order to. (1) the 11cencee to aiter or ,repaIr production premises or 9tor~ge premises. (2) suspension ~f production or Import food which Is unlewfully produced ori~poI'ted Or" food that the results of analYsI·s ilio~:tthst It is not fit for cO~$umptlon. (3) Pual Iclze the results ·~r analys ls to the pubjra'~ln thec6$e that I t I B Impure food under Section 26 or adul terated food Imder Section.. 27 or substandard food under Section 25 or foodwhlco·could be hormful to < the hea1tb of the pubII c or thflt conta j ner is Illude of roo.ter 1111s wh 1ch ~re 1 lke ly to be de.ogerous when It uses os e food contulner, the publ.!sh shall be Incl~~~~ the followIng. (e} Jf the producer Is known the name of the producer and the class or dlscrlptlon of the foorl or containers end If" the food or' con tatners have tr;-ade n8171eS or lot nuaber , the trade name or lot nunber j es . ., the case lnay be.' (b) In the event th~t the producer is not'knollln but the dIstributor Is known, the narn.e of the distributor includlng'class cr.des orJpt lon of the food or container. 12 Cha.pter 5 r'roduct Registratlon:a.n.d Ad~ertisement o~food SECtION 31. The licencee under sect.ion' 14 01" Section 1:>. who wishes to produce or ll!lport control tad food must get 3. .product, 1i cense from the 6uthorlty. A~pl icatloMfoI" certificate end the -grantlpg of ce rt.I fiC6te0f food reclpeshall be In accordnnce \oIlththe pr-Inc lp l e end conditions, pres cr-Ibed In Hlnh:terlal Regu'lation,. . SECTION 32. UponpromuIgatlon undei Sef-ti'on 5( t ) the] Iceneee ..mder Section 14 produced controlled food pr-Ior to tne proruulgationdate must.' suspend' production of food until, receive product l lcence under Sect!on 31 unless tho authority gives temporary permit to contInue production for an eppropriate period of tIme. as may be. deemed appropriate.- '. .' StertoN 33. Upon prom~lgatlon,undel" Section. 6(1} the llcencee under Section 15 imported controlled food Into the XlngdOru prlor to the proIllulga.tlondnte must 13pply f'or- product, licence under sectIon 31 wIthin flO d-ays from. the prom.ulgeibon dateunless the authority hns extended the tlr.le. . . SE.CTlOU 34. The lIcencee produce or Inport-ccntrolIed foo,g must pro~uce or Import accorQ{ng to the app~ved reGipes. SECTIOlf 35. The eppl Icet lon for product 1l cence under 5ection31 must I nctude the follow! ng deta lls , (I) name of food; (2) name and quant l ty of the ingredIents In the food; (3) size of packing;. (4) 'IubeI; (5) name of producer and place of production: 13 -s (6) result of analysis of the food by government laboratory or institutions specified by the Co~mlssjon. (7) other nater-lals In connection \'lIth the food rec lpes. . . ,~ ,", ~ SECrION' 36. blteratlon of approved food N3clpe ~ust getperoJs s lon from the a.uthority. The granting of pemlt of al teret.Ion of food rectpes sbsll be in sccordence with the principle and conLlltlons preeer-Ibed in the Hinlsterlal Regulations. SECnOtl 37. Product l Icenceehel l be valId forever unless Jt Is revoked under secrton 39. SfCIION 38. When it is necessary, 'for- the benef'f t of control1lng rood, to mBkeo food to be sofe for consunpt.lon or to protect the consuaer from heal th hazard, the author lty sho11 be" empowered to order the altern~­ tlon of approved food reel pes as appropr-Iate or as necessary In order to make the food safe for' consu~~tlon. SEcnqu 39 .. ··' Imy approved food recIpe If .. .• found later thet the detulla of the food do not conrorn to the det.ul1s in the approved food recipe or ,.:: .. is adulterated undep sectIon 27 or .••.. i$ unsafe fo~ conaenptlon end the details of the food recipe ~&nnot 00 81tered under Sect Ion 38. The Mlnlster is empowered to revoke the product 1icence end the orde~ shall be publIshed in the Government Gazette. The order of the Hjniste} sb~ll he flnel. SECTION 40. FaJse or deceptive advertising of the qual lty, Uf>e~' fulness or indication of'a tQod is prohibited. " . . SECTIOH 41. Anyone wishlng to advertise the qualities, usefulness or,lndlcatlon of 6 fOOd by radIo, television, film, ne~spapers or other printed metter 01" by other means for business purposes must submit the sound, pictures or fIlms or text of ~he advertisement to the authorjty for consj deratlon, ••••• ann can be advertIsed after rece!vlng permission. 14 SECTION 42. To protect the interests and ~afety ot the consume" the euthor-I'ty is empowered to give wr It.ten orders to (1) the produce" importer 0, c lst.r-rbutor- of food or food adver tising person ..... stop advertising .. , .. whIch cons Idered to be violated SectIon 41. (2) the producer , Importer or distrIbutor of food or- foods edver tisIng person stop producing •... importing I .,. distrihutIng or- adv~!'tls­ ing a food Which the COlnmission deems as not, havIng the usefulness, quality Of' indication as advertised. Chapter- 6 Competent Officer SEcnON 43. In the pe.r-f'ormance of their- duties, competent officer she 11 have the foll optJ fig powers: (1) to enter e piece of production, storage area, place of sale or- office of the producer, storekeeper-, d lstr-Ibut.or-, inclUding the Importer office for inspection in connect Ion With enforcement of th ls act dUrlng nornal wOI'king hours; (2) where it ls suspected thfit there ic a violation of this act j to enter a place or vehicle to tnspect, the food and se lze or attach the. food or utersile connected with the vIolation Including the contalners and packages of food and docunent.s connected with the food: (3) to take reasonable qunntlty of food for inspection and analysis. 15 (4) to seize or ettech food or containers suspected of capable of hazardous to the health ~or analysis; (5) to seize or attach impure food, adulterated food 0.1' substan dard food or containers cBpBble of hazardous to the heafth or havill9 the nature of which not In accordance with the quality or 'standard set by the MinIster under- Section 5(6). In the performance of the duties in paragraph: one the llcencee or other person Involvedml.Jst give appt:oprlate facillty, SECTION 44. Food o.r contn i ners se Ized I attached or co llected by competent" officer under section 43. ofter checkInq by the competent offIcer ' " end > proved to be l,mpure under Sectlon 26, 'ndulterated under Sectlon 27 or substandard under section 28 or food that spec! ried, by the Hlnister under sectJon 29 •..•• or to be conte Iners which can be hazardous to the heal th of the' consumer or- haVing charecter-l st.Ics not according to the qualIty or standard set by ~the Minister under .secttou 6( 6). Provlded no legal proceed Ings In the court; the competent officer with the fipproval lof the commjs slon·rony order to destroy or tre~t In any way os may bedee~ed approprJate. SECTION' 45. When perf'ormlnq the lr duties, competent officers must show theIr IdenUty card of the competent offjcer shall be according which prescribed In MinisterIal RegulBtion. l~ Cha.pter 7' . Suspen.sion or revoke or- licence SECTION 46. When it appears that a l1cencee violates this Act1 , Ministerial llegulat1onsoI' notifications Issued hereunder-it or the results of the tests on food produced by any licencee 1s found to be impure under Section 26, adulterated under SecUon27 or substandard under- section 28, food or containers might be harmful to consumer. The authority with the approval of the commission Is. empowered to order the suspension of the' . 1teepee not more than 120 days each t lne o,r In the event that legal proceed ings huve been in the court t~at the llcencee has committed an offense under this Act, the lIcence can be suspended unt.ll final Judgement hes been reached. In the case that there is final judgement I any licencee who h~s commItted a ,crime gnder Section 26 or SectIon 27. The authorIty wIth the approval of the CommIssion is empowered to revoke the licence Order for suspension of the 1j cence or revoke of the 11cence ~ shall be mode In wri ting to inform the licence. In case the l lcencee Tilay not be found I or t)le 1j cencee refused to accept the order I 1t shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the place of productlon, lrnport~ sale or offlce of the l Icencee and It shall be deemed that the llcencee has been not.I fled the ?rder from the dete of post! ng . Person which- the lIcence has been suspended or revoked has the right to appeal to the Minister wIthin thirty days from the date of acknow ledgement of the order-, The Hl nlster is empowered to li ft th~ appeal Of' alter the o~der of the authorIty benificlal to the person who appealled. The declsion of the Minister shall be final. 17 The appeal to the Minister' under porogT6ph four-, however, shall not stay the execution of the order for suspension 01' revoke of the licence. r~ shall be regarded that productIon, impartation for sule of the controlled food. during suspension or revoke of 1icence Is 'violoteo Section j4 paragrapl} one or sect ion 15 paragraph one. us the cose may be. Chapter 8 Punishment SECTIOn 47. Whoever vlo~ates -not.i f Icat.lons issued under section 6( 4)( 5) Of' (Q) sha] 1 be Hable to 0. fl ne o'r not nore th'('ln twenty thousand baht. SECTION 48. Whoever' violates not.If'Icat lons issued under SectIon 5(6} 'shall be 11able to impplsonment, of not more than ;: years or a f ina of not more than tW!'lnty thousand baht or both. SECTION 49. Whoever v lol ates notifications issued under sect.Ion 5(7) shall be liable to u fine of not more than ten thousand baht , SE~TION 50. WhoeVer vlol~tes notifications Issued under SectIon G(8} shall be l Ieb le to lmpr lsonaent; from s lx nonth to 2 years or 0. fine from five thousand to twenty thousand baht. SECTION 51, ~hoever vIolates notifications Issued under Section o(10} shall be liable to e fine of not more than thl.rty thousand baht. SECTIOU 52. Whoever does not, folloW' the orders of the CommissIon under Section 13 or Whoever obstructs or not give fecl! ity to a competent officer acting under Sect Ion 43 shal l be liable to Imprisonment of not more then one month or a fine of not more than one thousand baht or hoth, 18 SEcnou 53. Whoeve J" vIol e.tes SectIon 14 p aragraph One or Sect lon 15 paragraph one shall be liable to imprisonment of not more than 3 years end a fj ne of not; core than th i r-ty thousand baht 0 f' both. SECnON 5:4.· Whoever produces or Imports food on cccas.lons wltil out licence under section W( 1) Or docs not follow the Hi nlater Ie1 Regula tions prescribed under Section 16 pOl'ug['upb 2 shall be liable to 0 flne of not more then five thousund boht , SECTION' 55. Any lIcencee who violates SectIon 20 or Section 21 paragraph one shall be lIable to a fIne of not more than five thousand baht. , SECTION 56. Any licencee who violates S~ct!on 22 paragraph one Or sect.Ion 23 shal l be l l able to a fine of not more than one thousand baht. SECTION 57. Any llcenoee sell controlled food pf'oduced for expo~t In the Kingdom, ViolatIng Sectlon 24, shall be liable to lmprlson~ent of not more than three years and 8 flne of not more than thIrty thous{lnd bl,lht. SECTION' 58. Whoever vlolotes sect.Ion 25(1) shall be l Jeble to imprisonment of not more than 2 years and 8 fIne of not more than twen~y thousand baht Or both. SECTION 59. Whoever Violates Section 25(2) shall be liable ~o ImprIsonment from ~lx months to ten years and a fIne from five thousand baht to one hundred tho\.lsand baht. SECTION 60. tilhoever v io lutes S8[;:Uon 25(3) shell be 1l able to a fine of not more than fifty thousand-baht.. SECTION 61. Whoever violates Sect.ion 25(4) shall be Hable to lmpr-l sonaerrt of not more then t'Ive years and a f'Ine of not. more than fifty thousond b6ht or both. SEcnOlf 62. Any I lcencce who does not follow the orders of the eutnor ! ty under sect ten 30( I) ahel l be It eble to 0 fine of not more than ten thousand baht. !O SECTIOU 63. \.ihoevef' does not fol10"~ the or-der- of the author-Ity under Section 30(2) she l l be Ilnble to B fine of not core tbun fifty thousand baht and a dully fine of five hundred baht f'or- the ..rhole per-Iod the order wos not follow the order. SECTION G4. Any l lcencee via Iati ng Section 31 paragraph one shall be liable to Imprisonment of not more than two years 01" e nne of not more Uum tV/enty thousand baht 01' both, SECTION 65. Whoever sell unreg lstcred controlled food under SectIon 31 she.l Lbe liable to a nne from one thousand to ten thousand bebt.. SECTION 65. Whoever violates ~ection 34 shall be liable to impri sonment of not more than one year and a fine of'not Gore than ten thousand baht or both. 5ECTlOU 67. Any l Icencee viol ates Section "36 she l l be liable to Imprisonment of not ~ore than one yeap or a fIne of not more than ten thousand baht Or both,'" SECTION' 68. Any licencee does not follow the order of the autho r l ty under Section 38 shul l be ..1 ionle to a dally fine of 500 baht for the whole per-Iod the order was not. f'ol l ow the orde.r , SECTION 59.' 't/hoever produces, imports for sale Of' distritutes food which the Hltlister has revoked the product licence under Section 39 shall be liable to 1mpilsomne!nt of not more than 3 years or a fine of not rnore than thic.ty tholJsond boht or both. ~EcrION 70. Whoever advertises food violating Section 40 shall be liable to imprisonment of not, more than 3 year's and a flne of not more than thirty thousand baht or both. SECTION 71. Whoever violates Section 41 shall be ] table to 6 fine or not more than f1ve thousand baht. SF.crWU 72. zrJ -t Whoo:Jet' (ive!; not follow tlJaorder of the aut.!kority I· rssuetl under section 12$h~U be 1h:Jhie to ill:lpr i.sonmel1tof not. nore t!,)Bn 2 years or- 8 fi neofnot more than twent.y thous.~nd baht 01' both and add i t.ion l:'l d~ll)l f"j ne of not jDoe t.h~n f'Ive htnd red baht but, oot riQte then one thousand built rCI~ the HhoIe per-led U1C order 11::1:::: not foIl Ol\'cid, SECflO!l 73. If the off~I1M~ r.mdcr Secchin 48, Sect ion 50, Sec::.icn 58, S{;c'l;,iml 5~1, S~!;ti.on 00. St::;L=t.i~ln (H fJl" sect ron r}9 \HHl comnl ttcu,by dl rect l y ret~il ::;cell Il'lf) to the CCH)~tUl:l:~r, t.ae off(md(~I~ s!)all be llsble to thQU:,:;>jnd tl1~hL- VI' l)Ql.,p but. If :.he orrender c;:orml~te(,l t:he ofrenze tlgein within 0l1iol~ths aftc~r the first (IffenS~L th(~ orr~~nt.ier s:hall be 1ltioie to ir.tpfU.:(m':' sscrroa l4, 1icence slwl,l be) [nole W :; d~lly fiTi.e of rot, Iess then '50a Duht but not, Glore th:m one t.hollSanj haht rOt" U~.e Hh01e Fer-Jod t,he l icence lG expire.d." $.t::cnotr 75. ,~ny Qrtef\s~: ulLd,e;~ tll:s m~t '/{lth a penal1..yaro r lne only the: $:.1crcte:'y Genel'!lJ Clr the food er:d Pr~y Admin13trotlOIl or any perso~ 21 Transitory Pro~jsions sectIon 76. Licence under the law concerning the qua l ity cont.r-ol of food prior to this act comes into force shall be l n val ld unt.l 1 It is expired. If the 1 Icencea wi shes to continue the bus Ineas and has subm l t.Led application under this Act. the licencee can continue the business under the existIng licence until recelvlnq a new licence or until receive not.l r i cat.Ion of the refusal to grant 0. 1Icence , In the event t.hat 1Icence is > • granted 1 the l i cencee she. II t.eke al i necesse ry act Ions to comply wt til th I s :: Act ~~ithln 180 days from the date of receiving the licence..' ~, SECTION 77, Product 1lcence find label author-Ized under the law concerning the quality control of food prior to this Act shall be l n ve lId for 3 years after th ls Act. comes Into force. SECrION 78. The producer or Impocte r of food pr i or th Is act comes into force must epp l les for l icence under Section l4 or Section 15 t~ithin 90 days after this Act comes into for-eel upon subnl tt.Inq the epp l i-. cation can continue the business until receiving lecence or received noti~ f 1cat Ion from the au tho r Ity re f'ua lng to 9ran t 1Icence , Counter-signature: S•HOTRAKIJ Deputy Pr-Ine Hi n 1s ter , ?2 Schedule of" Fees (1) f8CtO~Y licence ( 2) Import 1Icence (3) Occasional Factory licence (4) Occasional Import lIcence (5) Product. licence (6) Replacement of licence (7) Replacement of Product licence (8) Extension of the licence shull be equa 1 to the fee of eacb Ii cence each ~D,OOO baht each 15.000 baht each 2,ooti baht each 2;000 boht each 5tOOO baht each 500 baht each 500 baht