Hygienic Requirement for Food
| Description | The measure (Chapter 10, Para 22 (a, f) provides the hygienic requirement on food. No one shall import the food that may be poisonous, dangerous or injurious to the health of the consumer, food containing putrid, deteriorated substance or substance unfit for human consumption. The objectives of the measure are to enable the public to consume food of genuine quality, free from danger and hygienic, to prevent the public from consuming food that may cause danger or are injurious to health, to supervise production of controlled food systemically, to control and regulate the production, import, export, storage, distribution and sale of food systematically. |
| Comments | National Food Law 1997 is issued by the Ministry of Healthy and issued the Law Amending the National Food Law in 2013. This measure is subject to change as the conditions in the country changed. |
| Agency | Department of Food and Drug Administration |
| Export/Import | Import |
| Validity From | 1997-03-03 |
| Validity To | Untill it is cancelled by the responsible agency. |
| Reference | National Food Law 1997 |
| Technical Code | |
| UN Code | A4 - Hygienic requirements related to SPS |
| Measure Type | A. SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES |
| Updated At | 2018-06-21 13:11:53 |
Procedures
| Name | Description | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Food Import Health Certificate | Procedures for Obtaining Food Import Health Certificate (IHC) from Food and Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health | Import |
| Food Import Recommendation | Obtaining Food Import Recommendation from Food and Drug Administration under the Ministry of Health | Import |
Commodities
This measure applies to the following commodities.
| HS Code | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009500000 | - Tomato juice |
| 2009610000 | - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 30 |
| 2009690000 | - - Other |
| 2009710000 | - - Of a Brix value not exceeding 20 |
| 2009790000 | - - Other |
| 2009811000 | - - - For infant use |
| 2009819000 | - - - Other |
| 2009891000 | - - - Blackcurrant juice |
| 2009899100 | - - - - For infant use |
| 2009899900 | - - - - Other |
| 2009901000 | - - For infant use |
| 2009909100 | - - - Ready for immediate consumption |
| 2009909900 | - - - Other |
| 2101111000 | - - - Instant coffee |
| 2101119000 | - - - Other |