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FDA Licence Thailand
Written by Interactive on July 10, 2012. Posted in Licensing
The Thai Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the protection of the consumer’s health and safety by ensuring the quality and efficacy of health products. The FDA thus controls the following products on the Thai market (manufactured or imported): foods, drugs, psychotropic substances, narcotics, medical devices, volatile substances, cosmetics and hazardous substances. An FDA-approval will be required in case you want to manufacture or import any of those products.
The FDA’s approval is based upon 5 different sorts of control:
Pre-marketing control of the factory, product and advertising;
Post-marketing control: regular checks of the previously controlled facilities and products;
Surveillance program for consumers’ safety once the product has been launched (e.g. verify whether or not there are any adverse effects);
Consumer Education: Is the information given to the consumer sufficient and accurate?
Technical support and cooperation with other agencies (e.g. seminars organized or attended to by the FDA).
1. Food control
The FDA implements and enforces the Food Act (B.E.2522) and guarantees the quality and safety of food, by means of, amongst others, 1) setting up food standard and specification as well as hygienic and labeling requirements, 2) controlling of the production and importation of food products, 3) approval for advertisement and packaging materials and 4) the conduction of epidemiological studies. They FDA can issue the following certificates:
Certification of Free-sale
Sanitary Certification
GMP Certification
HACCP Certification
1.1. Application for the certification
The application is done in 2 steps; the premises have to be approved before it can be permitted to manufacture or import the product.
1.1.1. Approval of the premises
For what concerns the premises, a distinction has to be made between manufacturing and importing food.
Manufacturing of food
One is producing food as sample for registration or purchase consideration: form Orr. 15 should be used to apply for the license;
The production of food is only temporary: form Orr. 11 should be used to apply for the license;
The intention is to produce food ‘indefinitely’, and not more than 7 workers are employed nor equipment more than 5 horsepower is used: apply for license with a completed form Sor Bor. 1;
The intention is to produce food ‘indefinitely’, and more than 7 workers are employed or equipment of more than 5 horsepower is used: apply for license with a completed form Orr. 1.
Import of food
One is importing food for registration or purchase consideration: form Orr. 16 should be used to apply for the license;
The import of food is only temporary (e.g. Trade exhibition of research): form Orr. 12 should be used to apply for the license;
Food is imported in order to sell it in Thailand: apply for license with a form Orr. 6.
1.1.2. Approval of the product
First of all, it has to be checked in what category the imported or produced food fall. There are three: