Organization Structure
Currently, the Thai FDA is under the cluster of Public Health Service Support under the Ministry of Public Health. This is a group of departments working on an integrated program in order to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness. The Cluster of Public Health Service Support comprises three departments: the FDA, Health Service Support and Medical Sciences as described in Figure 1.
The infrastructure of the Thai FDA as shown in Figure 2, officially consists of two main groups. First, the Health Product Control Division group consists of the Bureau of Cosmetic and Hazardous Substances Control, and five other divisions: Drug Control, Food Control, Medical Devices Control, Narcotics Control and Import and Export Inspection.
Secondly, the Support Division group consists of three divisions: Public and Consumer Affairs, Rural and Local Consumer Health Products Protection Promotion, Technical and Planning, and the Office of the Secretary. In addition, six internal units have been established to perform particular tasks: Information Technology Center; Food and Drug Legal Group; Public Sector Development Group; Internal Audit Group; Complementary Health Product Group, and Community Health Product Quality Improvement Coordinating Center.





