Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 219) B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Nutrition Labelling (No. 2)

(Unofficial) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 219) B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Nutrition Labelling (No. 2). It deems appropriate to amend the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Nutrition labelling. By the virtue of provisions of Section 5 and 6 (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 (1.3) of Clause 1 in attachment no. 1 of the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 182 B.E. 2541 (1998), dated 20th March B.E. 2541 (1998), shall be repealed. The following attachment of this notification shall be used instead. Clause 2. This notification shall come into force as from the day following date of its publication in the Government Gazette. Notified on 21st June 2001. Signed Sudarat Keyurabhun (Mrs. Sudarat Keyurabhun) Minister of Public Health (Published in the Government Gazette Vol. 118, Special Part 70 Ngor, dated 26th July 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. Attachment to the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 219 B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Nutrition Labelling (No. 2) 1.3 Display dual nutrition labelling. In case where the product sold subject to mix with other ingredients and/or to be prepared or processed to follow the instruction on the label prior to consume, if choose to declare information of both selling state and after prepared state, the following dual nutrition labelling format shall be displayed. Otherwise, any optional display of nutrition information of selling state shall be displayed by using format as stated in Clause 1.1 Dual nutrition labelling format Nutrition Information Serving size:.............(................) Servings Per Container.......... : ............... Amount per serving Product Product after preparation Total energy Kcal ......................... ................................. (Energy from fat Kcal) ......................... ................................. Product Percent of Thai RDI* Total fat ...........gm. . ............% .............% Saturated fat ...........gm. .............% .............% Cholesteral ...........mg. .............% .............% Protein ................gm. Total carbohydrate ............gm. .............% .............% Dietary fibre ............gm. .............% .............% Sugars ................gm. Sodium ............mg. .............% .............% Vitamin A .............% .............% Vitamin B1 .............% ............% Vitamin B2 .............% .............% Calcium .............% .............% Iron .............% .............% * Percent of Thai Recommended Dairy Intakes for population over 6 years of age are based on 2,000 Kcal diet. Energy needs vary by individuals. If your activities require energy of 2,000 Kcal per day, your daily diet should provide the following nutrients: Total fat Less than 65 gm. Saturated fat Less than 20 gm. Cholesteral Less than 300 mg. Total carbohydrate 300 gm. Dietary fibre 25 gm. Sodium Less than 2,400 mg. Energy (Kcal) per gm. : fat = 9; protein = 4; cabohydrate = 4 © 2003 FDA, MOPH. NOTE: 1. Completely fill in the blanks “.....................” of the declare format. 2. In case of foods which are not prescribed reference amount, or consumption not similar to those prescribed reference amount, to declare serving size and units of servings per package are exempted, but are prescribed to declare “Amount per 100 gm.” or “Amount per 100 ml.” instead of “Amount per serving”. 3. Declarations of “products” and “products after preparation” shall be defined by names of food by their facts such as “Ready-mixed cake flour” and “cake” respectively. etc. 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.