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Pisan Pongsapitch Director, Office of Standard Development National Bureau Of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards (ACFS), Thailand

Country Report : Thailand Implementation of Codex Standards at National Level

FAO Workshop on Implementing Codex , 19 September 2012, visiting ACFS, Thailand

Road Map of Food safety

Farm level Import RM+Input Produce/ Product Market (Domestic/ Export) Food Manufacturing level I II III IV V

• Registration &

Inspection of pesticide, fertilizer vet drug, other chemicals

• Border

control of RM, foods, feeds, animal GAP Implementation & Certification GMP/HACCP Implementation & Certification

• Product

Registration /Certification & Issue of ‘Q’ Mark

• Product

Inspection before export

• Product

monitoring

• Control hygiene
• f market/retailer
• Consumer

communication & Control advertising

• Inspect & Certify

product for export

• SPS/Trade

negotiation

Traceability

Food safety standards

National Policy on Food Safety

 Single standard for both domestic consumption

and export

 Development/Improvement through

Standardization /Legal control - Standard harmonization

 Agricultural extension / Food education  Traceability system

National Agencies in charge of Food control

 Food production, mainly

primary production (safety + quality)

 Food trade, mainly

export

 Food security  Consumer protection

(safety + quality)

 Some parts of food

production related to consumer protection

 Food import  Domestic market

including food service

Ministry of Agriculture

• Production based

Ministry of Health

• Health based

Health : Food Act 1979

 Regulated by Ministry of Public Health (MOPH),

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food establishments registration Establish regulations on specific foods Control of food sold domestically / Imported foods Control of food labelling + food advertising * All mandatory

Agricultural standards Act 2008

 New Act – Effective August 2008  Establish single standard aiming for the safety and

quality of agricultural commodity and applied equally to producer , exporter & importer of agricultural commodities

 Also applied to certification bodies (CB) who

inspect / certify upon agricultural standards with the aim to strengthening the capacity and reliability of private CB Thai Agricultural Standard; TAS

STANDARDS FOR FOOD CHAIN

Farm Industry

Product (Export)

GAP Organic GMP HACCP

Product standard (Safety & Quality) Hygiene of food service Product (Domesti c)

Activities

Standard setting

• Agri. Extension/ Std.

Implementation Inspection & Certification Accreditation

MOAC : Roles on Food Safety Standardization

Plants Livestocks Fisheries ACFS DOAE, CPD DOA, RD DLD DOF DLD DOF ACFS

Communication & Education

All

ACFS

• Farmers
• Processors
• Scientists
• Consumers

Products Consumers National Standards

Standard Setting

Production Std. Commodity Std. General Std. Focal Points

(Codex, OIE, IPPC)

8 Steps Standard Setting

ACFS : National standard setting

• 1. Prioritization of a standard
• 2. Establishment of Technical Committee
• all stakeholders including

* scientists, experts * government officers, * farmers * private sectors

• 3. Standard drafting

ACFS : National standard setting

• 4. Draft standard considered by the Technical Committee
• 5. Public hearing / Requesting comments from all

stakeholders

• 6. Draft standard approved by the National Committee on

Agricultural Standards

• 7. WTO Notification (for mandatory standard)
• 8. Standard Approval and Notified in the Royal Gazette

* Standard review and possibly revised every 5 y

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Q – Mark: Certification Mark for Qualified Systems or Products

From International to National Standards

Alignment of National Standards to Codex Standards

 Adopting  Adapting

ISO/IEC Guide 21-2:2005

ISO/IEC Guide 21-2:2005 : Regional or national adoption of International Standards and other International Deliverables

Adopting international standard

 Identical

 Modification  Not equivalent

Identical

 The regional or national standards is identical to the

International Standard under the following conditions: a) the regional or national standard is identical in technical content, structure and wording b) the regional or national standards is identical in technical content and structure, although it may contain the following minimal editorial changes:

Modified

 Technical deviation clearly identified and explain

 Structure deviations easy identified  Contain less  Contain more  Contain some differing requirements  Etc.

Not equivalent

 Not equivalent = Not adoption (Adapting)

 Technical deviation

not clearly identified

 Structure deviation

Example of Adoption of Codex Standards

 Codex RCP 1 (GMP)/HACCP

 TAS 9023-2007 : CODE OF PRACTICE : GENERAL

PRINCIPLES OF FOOD HYGIENE

 TAS 9024-2007 : HAZARD ANALYSIS AND CRITICAL

CONTROL POINT (HACCP) SYSTEM AND GUIDELINES FOR ITS APPLICATION  Codex Principles and Guideline for the Conduct of

Microbiological Risk Assessment

 TAS. 9015-2007 - PRINCIPLES AND GUIDELINES FOR THE

CONDUCT OF MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT

Identical adoption

Example of Adapting of Codex Standards

 Codex Guideline for Organic

TAS 9000 – 2009 : Organic Agriculture Part 1 :

Guideline for the Production, Processing, labelling and sale of the Produce and Product from Organic Agriculture

Adapting from Codex Standard with some inputs from IFOAM standard and national practices

Other Type of Adoption of Codex Standards

 Codex MRL/EMRL for Pesticides

TAS 9003-2004 : Pesticide Residues:

Extraneous Maximum Residue Limits (MRL)

TAS 9002-2008 : Pesticide Residues:

Maximum Residue Limits (EMRL)

* Identical, Modify & Not equivalent

The Establishment of Thai MRLs

MRL Establishment

 TAS 9002-2004 : 12 pesticides 214 MRLs  TAS 9002-2006 : replaced TAS 9002-2004

• Total 36 pesticides 652 MRLs

 TAS 9002-2008 : replaced TAS 9002-2006

• Total 40 pesticides 690 MRLs

 TAS 9003-2004 : Extraneous Maximum Residue

Limit (EMRL) 5 pesticides 79 EMRLs

Codex/JMPR ACFS

ADI/ARfD

Approved label = GAP

Data i.e. Codex MRLs Supervised Trial, other countries’ national MRLs

MRL - Recommendation

Exposure assessment MRL Adoption

Establishment of Thai MRL

Agricultural Std Committee

Principle/Process of MRL Establishment

 Set MRL for all commodities which the pesticide is

allowed to be used

 Reference is made to Codex/ASEAN MRLs, where

available

 In case of no Codex/ASEAN MRL, the following data

are used :

 Supervised residue trial data  Other national MRLs e.g. EU, USA, Japan,

Australia

 Other Codex/ASEAN/National MRLs on related

commodities

 Other related and available data e.g. monitoring

data

Reference for MRL establishment

43% based on national and other data 57% based on Codex MRL

Codex Others

MRL/EMRL Classified by Commodity Groups

Vegetables, 32%

Meat, Fat & Edible offal, 16%

Eggs & Milk, 7% Fruits, 15% Cereals, Pulse, Oilseed, 18% Other crops/Produce, 12%

MRL/EMRL Classified by Pesticide Groups

Insecticides / Acaricides, 608 Fungicides, 103 Herbicides, 45 Other Pesticides, 45

Agricultural commodities comply to the Standards on MRL/EMRL if

1.

Pesticides have been used according to national GAP

2.

Residue found not higher than MRLs/EMRLs identified in TAS 9002 or TAS 9003

3.

No residue of banned pesticides (according to Hazardous Substance Act) is detectable ( e.g. monocrotophos, methamidophos, mevinphos, endosulfan, parathion-methyl, phorate) * Codex MRLs are used to determine compliance in case other than 2 and 3

Risk Assessment of the Proposed MRLs

 All proposed MRLs must ensure safety to consumer by

apply appropriate risk assessment using Codex technique

 Calculating of residue intake by Thai people assuming that

all food consumed contain residue at MRL (worst case)

 Consumption data for Thai people (ACFS, 2006) was used

in the intake calculation

 Both chronic and acute intake were included in the

calculation

 All MRLs/EMRLs have to pass the assessment that provide

sufficient safety to consumer before they can be submitted for adoption as national MRLs

National consumption data

530 Food items

Published by ACFS

National Consumption Survey

Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University

National Consumption Data of Thailand

Development of Electronic Database

 The structure of database from food items

to raw material

RM Thai noodle  Rice flour  Rice grain Food ingredient raw material

Food Ingredient factor factor RM

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