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Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 251) B.E. 2545 (2002) Re: Labelling of Food Obtained Through Certain Techniques of Genetic Modification / Genetic Engineering.

País/Territorio
Tailandia
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
2001
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Alimentación y nutrición
Palabra clave
Envasado/etiquetado Protección del consumidor Organismo genéticamente modificado (OGM)
Área geográphica
Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Mares del Asia Oriental, Océano Índico, Asia Sudoriental
Resumen

The purpose of this Notification is to regulate the labelling of food obtained through certain techniques of genetic modification / genetic engineering and provide information to the consumer concerning such food. Soybean and soybean products, corn and corn products, which obtained through certain techniques of Genetic Modification / Genetic Engineering shall be subjected to labelling (Clause 1). The food under Clause 1 means soybean and soybean products, corn and corn products, as listed in the attachment of the notification, which contain recombinant DNA or protein resulting from gene technology from 5 percent up of each top three main ingredients in terms of the ration of weight they occupy, and each weight ration accounts for five or more percent of the total. To protect the consumers from misleading of labelling, following statements including “Free from Genetically Modified Food” or “Non Genetically Modified Food” or “Do Not Contain Constituents of Genetically Modified Food” or “Segregated Genetically Modified Constituent” or any other similar statements shall be prohibited.

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