Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 225) B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Brine for Cooking

(Unofficial) Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 225) B.E. 2544 (2001) Re: Brine for Cooking. It deems appropriate to amend the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Labelling of brine for cooking. By the virtue of provisions of Section 5 and 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 notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 73 B.E. 2526 (1983), Re: Labelling of brine for cooking, dated 27th January B.E. 2526 (1983), shall be repealed. Clause 2. Brine for Cooking is prescribed food which is required to bare label. Clause 3. Brine for Cooking means liquid which contain mainly salt, and may either contain other ingredients, which may not hazardous to consumers, or not. Clause 4. Producers or importers of brine for cooking for sale shall follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Production processes, production equipments, and food storage. Clause 5. Labels of brine for cooking shall follow to the followings: (1) Follow to the notification of the Ministry of Public Health, Re: Labels, except for Clause 3, 10, 11, 12, and 13 to follow to this notification. (2) Labels of brine for cooking for sale to consumers shall be expressed in Thai language but may accompany by foreign language, and shall have declarations as follows: (2.1) Name of food (if any). (2.2) Food serial number. (2.3) Declaration of “brine for cooking” by height of alphabets of not less than 1 cm. © 2003 FDA, MOPH. (2.4) Names and addresses of producers or re-packers of brine for cooking which is produced within the country; names and addresses of importers and country of producers of brine for cooking, as the case may be. Brine for cooking which is produced within the country may express names and addresses of head offices of producers or re-packers, too. (2.5) Net weight of food shall be expressed in metric system. (2.6) Main ingredients shall be expressed as percentage by approximate weight and in descending order. (2.7) Month and year of production; or date, month, and year of expiration for consumption; date, month, and year in which food is in good qualities or standards, and shall be accompanied by declarations of “manufacture”, “expire”, or “consume before”, as the case may be. The declarations, according to the first phrase, shall be respectively declared by date, month, year as prescribed, in case of month may be declared by alphabets. (2.8) Declaration of “Utilize preservatives”, (if used). (2.9) Declarations of “Utilize natural colouring”, “Utilize synthesized colouring”, as the case may be, if used. (2.10) Declaration of “Utilize........as food enhancers” (the blank is for names of food enhancers used). (2.11) Declaration of “Utilize ........as artificial sweetener, if use (the blank is for names of artificial sweetener used) shall be expressed by alphabets size of not less than 2 mm. with contrast colour of alphabets and the background”. (3) Labels shall not be expressed as crab, fish, squid, shrimp, spiny-lobster, or clam and shall not display photo, picture, invented design, mark or trade mark of crab, fish, squid, shrimp, spiny-lobster, or clam, as the case may be. (4) The colour use for background and texts shall be in clear contrast which will enhance the texts to be read easily. The size of the alphabets shall be proportional to area size of the label except for the following texts shall have the size of alphabets, position and format as prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration: (4.1) Food serial number. © 2003 FDA, MOPH. (4.2) Declarations to be prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration (if any). Clause 6. Food Labelling, which are issued to follow the notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 73 B.E. 2526 (1983), Re: Labelling of brine for cooking, dated 27th January B.E. 2526 (1983) prior to this notification, shall be valid for 2 years as from the come into force date of this notification. Clause 7. Brine for cooking producers or importers, whose permits issued prior to this notification, shall apply for food serial number within one year as from the come into force date in this notification. After applying for food serial number, the producers or importers shall be abated from the stipulation in Clause 4 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 exceeding to 2 years after this notification come into force. Clause 8. This notification shall come into force as from 24th July B.E. 2544 (2001). Notified on 23rd July 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.