The Ministry of Industry of Thailand published the following two regulations in the Royal Gazette on 16 June 2021.
- Ministerial Regulation regarding designation of Nipples For Feeding Bottles as an industrial product which shall conform to industrial standard
http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2564/A/040/T_0008.PDF - Ministerial Regulation regarding designation of Pacifier as an industrial product which shall conform to industrial standard
http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2564/A/040/T_0010.PDF
These regulations mandate target baby products to conform with the Thai Industrial Standard for Nipples For Feeding Bottles (TIS 969-2562 (2019)) and Thai Industrial Standard for Pacifier (TIS 1025-2562 (2019)) respectively.
Restriction on the migration of chemicals in TIS 1025-2562 (2019)
Dummy product shall comply with the chemical migration standard in the following table:
No. | Parameter | Migration limit(mg/kg) |
1 | Antimony (Sb) | 60 |
2 | Arsenic (As) | 2.5 |
3 | Barium (Ba) | 200 |
4 | Cadmium (Cd) | 1.8 |
5 | Chromium (Cr) | 50 |
6 | Lead (Pb) | 2.5 |
7 | Mercury (Hg) | 10 |
8 | Selenium (Se) | 50 |
9 | Aluminum (Al) | 1430 |
10 | Boron (B) | 1600 |
11 | Cobalt (Co) | 14 |
12 | Copper (Cu) | 830 |
13 | Manganese (Mn) | 300 |
14 | Nickel (Ni) | 100 |
15 | Strontium (Sr) | 6000 |
16 | Tin (Sn) | 20000 |
17 | Zinc (Zn) | 5000 |
These regulations will be effective 180 days after the announcement in the Royal Gazette. The original text of the standard is available for purchase at Thai Industrial Standard Institute.