Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 450) B.E.2567 (2024) has updated the Thai law for food labelling requirements. It has aligned the requirements for durability dates much more closely with Codex plus introduced many other changes, including repealing the requirement to differentiate “natural” from “synthetic” additives and introducing a new set of new rules around evidencing of health claims.
Key differences remain between Thai labelling law and EU/UK law. These include the mandatory-labelled allergens list (for example, Thailand includes squid) and the need (or not) to list ingredients in decreasing quantity order. Such differences highlight the need for a food manufacturer anywhere in the world, who is considering exporting to a new market, to get specialist advice on labelling requirements in the prospective market. It is not sufficient simply to translate the existing label into the local language.
A fuller report on the new requirements is here. They came into force on 19 July, with a 2 year window to sell-through existing product.
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