draft notification of moph entitled application of probiotic as food component this draft regulation proposes to establish criteria for the use of probiotic as food component as follows no.1 probiotic is not included in the list of prohibited microorganism bacteria or yeast in food of the moph.notifications as appeared in annex 1 no.2 probiotic means the living microorganisms when administered in a sufficient quantity will have beneficial effect on the host organism exempting biotherapeutic agents beneficial microorganism that not being used in food and genetically modified microorganism. health claim means statement or other information related to food food component or nutritions that are associated directly and indirectly with health. no.3 application of probiotic as food component shall be permitted by thai food and drug administration. 3.1 probiotic as food component shall be as listed in annex ii. other than that shall be subject to the demonstration of evidence of safe use and probiotic properties following the criteria issued by thai food and drug administration. 3.2 food contains probiotic shall remain viable probiotic not less than 1 000 000 colonies per gram of food during the period of storage and use. no.4 probiotic health claim shall be followed the criteria issued by thai food and drug administration. no. 5 food containing probiotic shall be labeled in accordance with 1 the notifications of the ministry of public health re label 2 the moph notification of such food. wherever health claim is referred the following details shall be labeled - genus species and strain of probiotic added - quantity and recommended duration for the benefit to the consumers as claim - statement of health claim - direction of usage and storage condition - contact address telephone number or website for consumers no. 6 packaging for food containing probiotic shall follow the notification of the ministry of public health re packaging. no.7 this notification shall be enforced after the date of its publication in the government gazette