Import Regulations & Standards
The import regulations imposed by the countries time to time to ensure Food Safety and Quality assurance includes non Tariff barriers for the various food products.
| S.No. | Circulation Date | Country | Report Title | Report Highlights | View Regulations |
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| 1 | 05 DEC 2024 | Thailand | Thai FDA Repeals Certification Requirement for Copies of Verifiable Export Certificates for Imported Foods | The Thai Food and Drug Administration announced on November 29, 2024, that it has repealed the requirement for certification of copies of verifiable export certificates for imported foods, including fresh fruit and vegetable shipments, into Thailand. | Click here |
| 2 | 23 JUL 2024 | Thailand | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including fruit and vegetables, live animals, beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, live animals, and any food that undergoes a production process (i.e., make, mix, prepare and repacking). | Click here |
| 3 | 03 JUL 2024 | Thailand | FAIRS Country Report Annual | This report is an overview and update of Thailand import regulations and standards for food and agricultural imports. For more information on Thailand certification requirements, see the FAIRS Export Certificate Report for Thailand. | Click here |
| 4 | 24 JAN 2024 | Thailand | Update on Thai Food and Drug Administration Requirement for Export Certificates | The Thai Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) recently clarified its requirements for copies of export certificates accompanying U.S.-origin imported foods, including fresh fruit and vegetables shipments, into Thailand | Click here |
| 5 | 21 DEC 2023 | Thailand | Thai FDA Specified Submission Requirements for A Food Safety Assessment of New Plants or Plant Tissues for Tea Infusion | The Thai Food and Drug Administration (Thai FDA) has announced on its website the proposal to approve and add more plants or plant parts for use as a raw material for tea infusion products to the existing approved list under the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health No. 426 B.E. 2564 (2021) Re: Tea Infusion. | Click here |
| 6 | 30 JUN 2023 | Thailand | FAIRS Annual Country Report Annual | This report includes updates in Section I. Food Laws: 1.2 Prohibited Food or Substances and 1.3.1 Premarketing Control; Section II Labeling Requirements: 2.10 GM Food Labeling and 2.13 The Use of the Term “Premium” on Food Labels; Section VII Other Specific Standards: 7.1 Laboratory Testing, 7.9.2 Import Requirements for Potatoes for Processing, 7.11 Alcoholic Beverages, 7.15 Genetically Modified Food, and 7.16 Tea Infusion; and Appendix 1 Government Regulatory Agency Contacts | Click here |
| 7 | 30 JUN 2023 | Thailand | FAIRS Export Certificate Report Annual | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including fruit and vegetables, live animals, beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, live animals, and any food that undergoes a production process (i.e., make, mix, prepare and repacking). Certification requirements for food derived from genetically modified organisms (GM plant, animal and microorganisms) and alcoholic beverages have been updated. | Click here |
| 8 | 14 JUL 2022 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including fruit and vegetables, live animals, beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, live animals, and any food that undergoes a production process (i.e., make, mix, prepare and repacking). There is a change on requirement of GMP certification for all food items not only some specified types of food. | Click here |
| 9 | 26 NOV 2021 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report includes updates in Section I Food Laws: 1.3.1 Pre-marketing Control; Section II Labeling | Click here |
| 10 | 23 DEC 2020 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report includes an update of Section II Labeling Requirements, 2.1 Standard Labeling, 2.2 Nutrition Labeling. | Click here |
| 11 | 23 DEC 2020 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand. | Click here |
| 12 | 21 DEC 2020 | Thailand | Revised Notification on Required Quality Standard for Imported Alcoholic Beverages | On September 23, 2020, the Thai Excise Department published a revised notification on quality standard for imported alcoholic. | Click here |
| 13 | 03 NOV 2020 | Thailand | Thai FDA Announced Ban of Paraquat and Chlorpyrifos on Imported Food Products | Grain and Feed, Avocado, Canned Deciduous Fruit, Dried Fruit, Fresh Deciduous Fruit, Fresh Fruit, Kiwifruit, Raisins, Stone Fruit, Strawberries, FAIRS Export Certificate Report. | Click here |
| 14 | 25 DEC 2019 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Country Report | This report includes an update of Section III Pesticides and Other Contaminants 3.1 Food Containing Pesticide Residues. | Click here |
| 15 | 25 DEC 2019 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Export Certificate Report | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand. | Click here |
| 16 | 18 APR 2019 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report includes an update of Section II Food Additives Regulations, 5.2 Nutrition Labeling, 6.5 Specific Import Controls on Animals and Animal Products, 6.6 Specific Import Control on Beef and Beef Products from BSE-Affected Countries, and 8.1 Testing Requirements for Alcohol Beverages. | Click here |
| 17 | 06 FEB 2019 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards Report | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including 57 processed and unprocessed food items, other prepackaged processed food, fruit and vegetables, live animals, beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, and live animals. | Click here |
| 18 | 11 JAN 2018 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report updates Section 4 Food Additives Regulations, Section 6.6 Specific Import Control on Beef and Beef Products from BSE-Affected Countries, and Section 6.7 Specific Import Control on Pork Meat. Other minor changes made to this report are: Section 2.2 - adds list of food products required to bear Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA) labeling; Section 6.4 – provides the import controls relating to tariff rate quotas (TRQ); Section 6.5 – adds the specific import controls for animals and animal products; and Section 6.7- adds the specific import controls for pork meat. | Click here |
| 19 | 02 JAN 2018 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including 57 processed and unprocessed food items, other prepackaged processed food, fruit and vegetables, live animals, beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, and live animals. The update made in this report is the certificate required for U.S. beef exports to Thailand. | Click here |
| 20 | 29 DEC 2016 | Thailand | Thailand : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report includes an update of Section 6.6 (pertaining to specific import controls for beef and beef products from BSE-affected countries) and Section 6.10 (pertaining to the novel food regulation). The other minor changes made to this report include. | Click here |
| 21 | 20 DEC 2016 | Thailand | Thailand : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including 57 processed and unprocessed food items, other prepackaged processed food, fruit and vegetables, live animals, boneless beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, and live animals. | Click here |
| 22 | 29 DEC 2015 | Thailand | Thailand : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report includes an update of Section 2.8, pertaining to food additive labeling. Other minor changes have been made to this report including: additional list of pesticides under Type 4 hazardous substances (Section 5); specific import control on beef and beef products from BSE-affected countries (Section 6.6); specific import controls on pork meat (Section 6.7); Specific Import Control on Fruits and Vegetables (Section 6.9), and alcohol beverage labeling (Section 7.2). | Click here |
| 23 | 15 JAN 2015 | Thailand | Thailand : Weekly Rice Price Update | TH5003. Export prices for most grades of rice are basically unchanged from the previous week except for fragrant rice. | Click here |
| 24 | 30 DEC 2014 | Thailand | Thailand : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | This report includes an update of Section 2.1, pertaining to standard labeling. Other minor changes have been made to this report including: requirements of good manufacturing practices of low acid and acidified foods in sealed containers (Section 1.3.1 G); specific import control on beef and beef products from BSE-affected countries (Section 6.6); and specific import controls on pork meat (Section 6.7). | Click here |
| 25 | 20 DEC 2014 | Thailand | Thailand : Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand, including 57 processed and unprocessed food items, other prepackaged processed food, fruit and vegetables, live animals, boneless beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, hides and skins, distillers dried grains, and live animals. Change from previous report: the export certificate required for low acid and acidified foods packaged in hermetically sealed containers is added to this report. | Click here |
| 26 | 07 JAN 2014 | Thailand | Thailand Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | Minor changes have been made to this report. Revisions include: prohibited food and substances (Section 1.2); requirements of good manufacturing practices (Section 1.3.1 G); labeling of cow’s milk (Section 2.1.4) | Click here |
| 27 | 21 DEC 2012 | Thailand | Thailand Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | TH2144: Minor changes have been made to this report. Revised information include: food prohibited to be manufactured, imported and sold (Section 1.2.2); requirements of good manufacturing practices (Section 1.3.1 D); labeling of cow’s milk (Section 2.1.4); food containing contaminants (Section 5.2); specific import control on pork meat (Section 6.7); and specific import controls on fruits and vegetables (Section 6.9). | Click here |
| 28 | 20 DEC 2012 | Thailand | Thailand Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report lists certificates required by Thai Government agencies for U.S. products exported to Thailand including 56 processed and unprocessed food items, other prepackaged processed food, fruit and vegetables, live animals, boneless beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, and hides and skins. | Click here |
| 29 | 09 DEC 2011 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Narrative | TH1153: Food safety is under the purview of the Ministry of Public Health through the Food Act of B.E. 2522 (1979). The Food Act gives MOPH’s FDA the authority to license, inspect, recall and establish safety and quality standards for food products. Thailand usually follows Codex standards for food additives and Codex MRLs for pesticides and veterinary drugs. | Click here |
| 30 | 20 DEC 2010 | Thailand | Food and Agricultural Import Regulations and Standards - Certification | This report lists certificates required by Thai government agencies for the import of U.S. products into Thailand. These include standardized requirements for 56 processed and unprocessed food items and individual requirements for popcorn, fruit and vegetables, live animals, boneless beef, canned or preserved meat and poultry products, other processed meat products, processed or frozen seafood, and hides and skins. | Click here |