Thailand drafts new alt-protein policies that ban certain animal-related terms for plant-based products

Published 2024년 6월 10일

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The Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing regulations and standards for alternative protein products, with a focus on plant-based proteins, including a ban on certain terms that could mislead consumers into believing the product is meat. The regulations will also cover product definitions, process safety requirements, ingredient safety standards, nutritional labeling, and restrictions on images that suggest animal origin. For the plant-dairy sector, the use of terms like 'milk' and 'milk beverage' is permitted as long as the source is plant-based, while terms that are ambiguous or not factually accurate will be prohibited.
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This announcement was made by the Thailand Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Division, which has also established a special project research team to analyse types of standards and criteria that the regulations need to cover for the greatest efficiency. “At present, alternative protein products are seeing popularity amongst consumers and there are many such items on the market, but the control and supervision of the safety aspect of these in Thailand still has no clear direction,”​ the Thai FDA stated via a formal statement. “We are embarking on a study of the current production and imports of alternative protein products in the country, and studying the related regulations [to apply this knowledge] in the development of regulations and standards in Thailand.​ “This will start with analysis of the plant-based protein sector in Thailand [before moving to] other alternative proteins such as insect-based, cultivated meat or fermentation.”​ In addition to the usual product ...

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