VATIS UPDATE Article

Thailand Food and Drug Administration has announced the requirements for food label nutritional symbols in accordance with the Food Act of B.E.2522 (1979). Food labels with nutritional symbols shall be verified and approved by the competent authority prior to sale in the Thai market. The nutritional standard or nutritional value used for further verification of labeled nutritional symbols shall conform to relevant technical requirements. The nutritional symbols labeled in accordance with this notification shall also comply with notifications on “labeling for prepackaged foods”, “special foods” and “labeling for nutritional foods” released by Thailand Ministry of Public Health.