Laws and Regulations
Responsibilities
The Officers at the checkpoints are responsible for checking a variety of imported health products under the supervision of the Thai FDA, namely: foods, drugs, medical devices, cosmetics, narcotics, psychoactive substances, and hazardous substances for household use. This is in accordance with relevant laws including:
- Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979),
- Drug Act B.E. 2510 (1967), and its revision
- Medical Devices Act B.E. 2531 (1988),
- Cosmetics Act B.E. 2535 (1992),
- Narcotics Act B.E. 2522 (1979),
- Psychotropic Substances Act B.E. 2518 (1975),
- Hazardous Substances Act B.E. 2535 (1992) and
- Volatile Substance Act B.E.2533 (1990).
Regulatory Procedures
The food and drug inspectors at the checkpoints are vigilant to examine both the required import documents and the imported health products. In close cooperation with the customs officers at the checkpoints, and the food and drug counterparts, health products will not be allowed to get into the country without prior approval from food and drug inspectors.
Apart from document and product examinations, the inspectors at the checkpoints periodically take samples and, sometimes, do the preliminary tests. The specific laboratory analyses are undertaken by the Department of Medical Sciences, Ministry of Public Health, which has also kindly prepared useful preliminary test-kits for use at the checkpoints.
