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The main departments:

Ministry of Public Health: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Ministry of Industry: Department of Industrial Works (DIW);
Ministry of Transport (MOT);
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MOAC);

Department of Agriculture (DOA)

The main relevant legislations:

1. Hazardous Substance Act of B.E.2535 (1992), issued under Factory Act

2. Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives’s Notification Re: Label and toxic level of hazardous substances under Department of Agriculture control 1995 (B.E. 2538) (including the new one to be issued for Livestock Development Department), issued under the Hazardous Substance Act (HZA)

3. Ministry of Public Health’s Notification Re: Labels and toxic levels of hazardous substances under Food and Drug Administration control 1995 (B.E. 2538), issued under HZA

4. Ministry of Industry‘s Notification Re: Duty of Factory Enterprises 1987 (B.E. 2530), issued under Factory Act

5. Ministry of Interior’s Notification Re: Workplace safety related to dangerous substances 1991 (B.E. 2534), now under the responsibility of the Ministry of Labour;

6. Ministry of Industry’s Notification 2000 (B.E. 2543), issued under HZA, by modifying Form Vor Or/Or Kor 3 to be consistent with GHS SDS.

Transport of dangerous goods:

The dangerous goods transportation legislation in Thailand is based on the UN dangerous goods transportation proposal:

Thai Provision Volume I (TP-I) Re: General requirements for multi-modal transport of dangerous goods 2000 (B.E. 2543);

Thai Provision Volume II (TP-II) Re: Requirements for the transport of dangerous goods by road and rail 2004 (B.E. 2547).

Thai Provision Volume III (TP-III) Re: Requirements for the transport of dangerous goods by inland waterways

Hazard substance classification:

Thailand has already implemented GHS through the Hazardous Substance Act and Hazard Classification and Communication System of Hazardous Substances B.E. 2555 (2012).

Adopted all building blocks of GHS Rev. 3;

Concentration limit for reproductive toxicant: 0.3%/3% (consistent with EU);

Classification list by Department of Industrial Works: Advisory.