FDA Thailand 
Thai FDA training helps your team make the right calls on formulas, labels and documents from the start, instead of finding out when a file comes back. This guide explains who each course suits, what participants gain and which Thai FDA notifications the content is based on. Topics range from regulatory affairs basics and food labelling to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for production teams. The courses are run by TIBD Co., Ltd. for knowledge and skills. They are not courses accredited by the Thai FDA.
Thai FDA training: who should attend
Thai FDA rules are not only a job for the registration department. People who choose raw materials, write labels, create advertising or run a production line all make decisions with legal consequences. When each person knows the basic rules for their own work, projects move faster and fewer things need fixing later.
Groups that typically benefit from training include:
- Owners of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) that do not yet have their own registration team
- Research and development teams that must choose ingredients that comply with the notifications
- Quality assurance and production teams that must meet the requirements for production sites
- Marketing and design teams that write label and advertising text
- Purchasing and import teams that must request documents from ingredient suppliers or overseas manufacturers
- New staff who need the big picture before they start
- Foreign companies entering Thailand whose local team needs a shared starting point
There are four course groups: regulatory affairs basics, food labelling, filing documents with the Thai FDA, and in-house courses designed around your needs. GMP and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) topics can be built into in-house courses and courses for production teams.
Regulatory affairs in Thailand: a basics course on reading laws and notifications
Regulatory Affairs (RA) work starts with one question: which law does this product fall under? Each law has its own filing route, documents and prohibitions. This course builds a foundation on three main laws: the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979), the Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015) and the Herbal Products Act B.E. 2562 (2019) (Food Act, 1979; Cosmetic Act, 2015; Herbal Products Act, 2019). B.E. stands for the Buddhist Era, which runs 543 years ahead of the Western calendar.
| Law | Applies to | Examples of what you need to know |
|---|---|---|
| Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979) | Food, including dietary supplements | Permits, the 13-digit food serial number (often called the 'Or Yor' number), labels and advertising |
| Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015) | Cosmetics | Notification, lists of prohibited and restricted substances, labels |
| Herbal Products Act B.E. 2562 (2019) | Herbal products | Product registration, detailed notification and notification routes |
Topics covered in this course:
- Classifying a product by its ingredients, form and intended use, including the points where a product risks becoming a medicine
- How Thai law is structured, from acts and ministerial regulations to Ministry of Public Health notifications, Thai FDA notifications and clarifications
- How to read a notification: its number, effective date, annexes and transitional provisions
- How to track amendments and repealed notifications. For example, Notification No. 420 on food production methods repealed nine earlier notifications
- Using the free Notification search and Ingredient search tools on this site to find original documents yourself
The goal is for participants to know which notification to open for the task in front of them, and when to ask an expert.
Food labelling training: Notification No. 450, nutrition labels and GDA
AI-generated imageThe food labelling course is built around Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 450, B.E. 2567 (2024), on labelling of prepackaged foods. It requires labels in Thai, with other languages allowed alongside, and sets the minimum information below unless the Thai FDA grants an exemption (Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 450):
- Food name
- Food serial number
- Name and address of the manufacturer, repacker or importer, stating which one it is
- Net quantity in metric units
- Main ingredients as approximate percentages by weight
- Allergen information
- Food additive information
- A statement on added flavour or aroma, if used
- Best-before or expiry date
- Warnings, storage instructions and cooking directions, if any
- Further statements required by the annex and by product-specific notifications
The course gives special attention to points that people often get wrong. One is allergen labelling: 'contains' is used when an allergen is an ingredient, and 'may contain' when it may be present through cross-contamination. The notification lists 10 allergen groups, such as cereals containing gluten, eggs, milk, peanuts, soybeans and crustaceans. Another is date marking: food with a shelf life of 90 days or less must show the day, month and year.
The second part covers nutrition labelling under Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 445, B.E. 2566 (2023), and front-of-pack energy, sugar, fat and sodium values shown as Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA). The latest GDA notification is Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 466, B.E. 2568 (2025), effective 12 December 2025 (Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 445; Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 466). Participants practise checking whether their products must show GDA values and reading a nutrition facts panel.
Labelling notifications are amended regularly. Before printing a label, check it against the latest version again, or send a label photo to the RA Advisor for an initial review.
GMP training for production teams: what Thai rules say about staff training
For food factories, GMP training is not just good practice. It is part of the requirements. Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 420, B.E. 2563 (2020), on production methods, production equipment and food storage, states in its personal hygiene chapter that workers at every level must receive suitable training and that there must be evidence of that training (Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 420).
GMP training for production teams therefore follows the five basic chapters of the notification:
- Location, production buildings, cleaning and maintenance
- Tools, machinery and production equipment
- Control of the production process, from receiving raw materials through mixing and filling to traceability and recalls
- Sanitation
- Personal hygiene
Participants practise filling in real record forms. The notification requires records and reports to be kept for at least one year after the end of the shelf life shown on the label, and inspectors usually look at past records more than written procedures.
Producers in three groups (drinking water in sealed containers, natural mineral water and filtered ice; pasteurised liquid milk products; and low-acid and acidified foods in sealed containers) need a production supervisor who has completed a course run by the Thai FDA or by a training provider registered with the Thai FDA. Our courses cannot replace that course.
HACCP training: the basics for quality assurance teams
HACCP is a system based on principles from the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the international food standards body. Many buyers and export markets ask for it. HACCP training helps a team understand the logic of the system before it starts writing documents.
Main topics in HACCP training:
- Why a solid hygiene foundation must come before HACCP
- Forming the team, describing the product and drawing a process flow chart that matches the real production floor
- The seven principles: hazard analysis, critical control points, critical limits, monitoring, corrective action, verification, and documents and records
- A hazard analysis exercise using the participants' own products (for in-house courses)
This course is a good starting point for teams about to build the system. HACCP certification itself requires an audit by a certification body, which is a separate piece of work under our certification service.
Filing with the Thai FDA: preparing documents that come back less often
Many types of application are now filed through the Thai FDA's electronic system. In practice, incomplete or inconsistent documents are a common reason for delays. This course teaches how to prepare a consistent set of documents from the start.
Problems that often come up in practice:
- The product name, formula and label do not match across documents
- Documents from the raw-material manufacturer are incomplete, or do not state what the officer needs
- Test reports do not cover every required item, or come from samples of different batches
- Label text or the product name includes words that do not fit the product category
One example used in class comes from the Thai FDA manual for dietary supplement applications. A test report for a dietary supplement must be an original, no more than one year old from the report date to the filing date. Reports from several laboratories can be used, but they must cover the same batch and include every item in the quality specification (Thai FDA, 2026).
Participants build their own document checklist and practise reading correction requests from officers, so they can tell whether a fix needs a document change, a label change or a formula change.
Review times and fees depend on the type of application and how complete the documents are. The course teaches preparation and does not guarantee any outcome. The Thai FDA decides every application.
In-house courses tailored by product and role
AI-generated imageIn-house courses suit companies that want the whole team on the same page. They use the company's own products, formulas and labels as examples, so participants can apply what they learn straight away.
| Role | Topics to focus on |
|---|---|
| Research and development | Prohibited and restricted ingredient lists, and how to find the original notifications |
| Quality assurance and production | GMP under the notifications for your product, records, traceability and HACCP basics |
| Marketing and design | Label text, claims and words to avoid |
| Purchasing and import | Documents to request from ingredient suppliers or overseas manufacturers |
| Management | An overview of legal risks and the order of work before launching a new product |
Format, number of sessions and venue are agreed to suit each organisation. The team proposes a course outline and quotation once it understands your needs.
What participants gain, and what the courses do not provide
Participants gain practical understanding they can use at work:
- Knowing which law their product falls under and which notification to open
- Reading notifications and annexes on their own, and tracking amendments
- Checking labels and documents at a basic level before sending them to an expert
- Knowing the free tools on this site: Ingredient search, Notification search, the RA Advisor and the Banned-words game for revision
To be clear, the courses of TIBD Co., Ltd. are training for knowledge and skills. The Thai FDA has not accredited them. A record of attendance can be used as an internal document by the participant's company, but it has no legal effect and cannot replace any licence, certificate or qualification required by law.
Talk to our team about training
If you would like GMP training, HACCP training, food labelling training or general Thai FDA training for your team, tell us what kind of products your team works with, which roles will attend and which problems you most want to solve. The team works in Thai and English.
Send the details through the web form on the Talk to our team page, message LINE @tibdglobal, or email info@tibdglobal.com. The team will contact you to understand your needs, then propose a course scope and a quotation. Work starts once you agree.
Frequently asked questions
Is this training endorsed by the Thai FDA?
No. The courses of TIBD Co., Ltd. are training for knowledge and skills, and the Thai FDA has not accredited them. A record of attendance has no legal effect and cannot replace any licence or qualification required by law.
Does Thai law require food factory staff to receive Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) training?
Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 420, B.E. 2563 (2020), states that workers at every level must receive suitable training and that there must be evidence of it. It does not say who must provide that training. The case that is clearly specified is the production supervisor for three high-risk food groups, who must complete a course run by the Thai FDA or by a training provider registered with the Thai FDA.
Which notifications does the food labelling course cover?
The core is Ministry of Public Health Notification No. 450, B.E. 2567 (2024), on labelling of prepackaged foods, together with Notification No. 445 on nutrition labelling and Notification No. 466 on foods that must show Guideline Daily Amounts (GDA).
Which allergens must be declared on Thai food labels?
Notification No. 450 lists 10 groups: cereals containing gluten, crustaceans, eggs, fish, peanuts, soybeans, milk, tree nuts, sulphites at 10 mg/kg or more, and shellfish and squid. Use 'contains' when the allergen is an ingredient and 'may contain' when it may be present through cross-contamination.
Can you run an in-house course for our company?
Yes. In-house courses are adapted to your products and the roles of the participants, and use your own products, formulas or labels as examples. Format and details are agreed once the team understands your needs, followed by a quotation.
References
- Thai Food and Drug Administration. (1979). [Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979)] (in Thai). Open document ↗
- Thai Food and Drug Administration. (2015). [Cosmetic Act B.E. 2558 (2015)] (in Thai). Open document ↗
- Thai Food and Drug Administration. (2019). [Herbal Products Act B.E. 2562 (2019)] (in Thai). Open document ↗
- Ministry of Public Health. (2020). [Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 420) B.E. 2563 (2020) issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979) on production methods, production equipment and food storage] (in Thai). Thai Food and Drug Administration. Open document ↗
- Ministry of Public Health. (2024). [Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 450) B.E. 2567 (2024) issued under the Food Act B.E. 2522 (1979) on labelling of prepackaged foods] (in Thai). Thai Food and Drug Administration. Open document ↗
- Ministry of Public Health. (2023). [Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 445) B.E. 2566 (2023) on nutrition labelling] (in Thai). Thai Food and Drug Administration. Open document ↗
- Ministry of Public Health. (2025). [Notification of the Ministry of Public Health (No. 466) B.E. 2568 (2025) on foods required to show nutrition labelling and energy, sugar, fat and sodium values in GDA format (No. 3)] (in Thai). Thai Food and Drug Administration. Open document ↗
- Thai Food and Drug Administration. (2026). [Manual for dietary supplement applications, revised edition 2026] (in Thai). Open document ↗