{"topic_id":"TH_ANIMAL_FEED_QUALITY_CONTROL_ACT_2015","category":"th-2026","context":"---\ntopic_id: TH_ANIMAL_FEED_QUALITY_CONTROL_ACT_2015\ncategory: th-2026\ntitle: \"Thailand Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — Pet Food as Specifically-Controlled Feed (primary DLD source)\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"Animal Feed Quality Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015), Thailand — Department of Livestock Development (DLD). Primary statute obtained 2026-07-30 from legal.dld.go.th (official DLD English translation PDF). Earlier retrieval (2026-07-29) of aqi.dld.go.th returned HTTP 403; the official English text is now reachable via legal.dld.go.th, so this topic is upgraded to first-hand primary sourcing (needs_review lifted). Pet-food category enumeration (Complete/Complementary/Therapeutic pet food, Supplement for Pet) is set by the Minister's Notification under s.6(1) and is reproduced in the WOAH regional report used as secondary source.\"\nsource_file:\n  - \"pdf-raw/th-2026/dld_feed_act_2015_en.pdf\"\n  - \"pdf-raw/th-2026/afvc_thailand_feed_control.pdf\"\nsource_type: official_statute_pdf\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-30\ntokens_estimated: 300\nverification: C1_substring_match\nclaims: 13\nsource_document: \"Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — official DLD English translation (legal.dld.go.th); WOAH 'Animal Feed control in Thailand' regional report (secondary, for pet-food category enumeration)\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"Thailand Department of Livestock Development (DLD) — Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015)\"\n  title: \"Thailand Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — Pet Food as a Specifically-Controlled Feed Type\"\n  url: \"https://legal.dld.go.th/images/Pho%20Roh%20Bor/Khuabkhum-khunnaphap-arhansat/ENG%20Khunkhum-khunnaphap-arhansat.pdf\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-30\"\n  ref: \"DLD official English translation of the Animal Feed Control Act, B.E. 2558 (2015); primary source now reachable (legal.dld.go.th), overturning the prior aqi.dld.go.th HTTP 403 / needs_review status\"\n  doc_type: \"official statute (primary)\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# Thailand Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — Pet Food as a Specifically-Controlled Feed Type\n\n**Primary source:** the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) official English translation of the **Animal Feed Control Act, B.E. 2558 (2015)**, obtained 2026-07-30 from `legal.dld.go.th` (the earlier `aqi.dld.go.th` endpoint returned HTTP 403). Thailand administers pet food under this Act: pet food is a category of *specifically controlled animal feed* requiring registration/licensing.\n\n## Framework (verified C1 substrings of the DLD Act)\n- The Act is cited as the `Animal Feed Control Act, B.E. 2558 (2015)` (s.1).\n- `animal feed having an impact on the economy and society, or posing a danger to animals, or generally affecting consumers who consume meat` — and `the production of specifically controlled animal feed offered for sale or the import of such feed for the purpose of selling shall be registered as prescribed in the Notifications issued by the Minister with the advice of the Committee on Animal Feed Control` (s.4 definition).\n- `includes pictures, markings or any text that is displayed on a container of animal feed` (s.4 definition).\n- The Minister, with the Committee's advice, prescribes `the name, type, category, characteristics, quality or standard of specifically controlled animal feed, including the rules, procedures and conditions for production for sale, import for the purpose of selling or sale of such specifically controlled animal feed` (s.6(1)), and `the name, type, category, characteristics or quality of substances that are prohibited from being mixed into animal feed` (s.6(4)).\n- Licensing: `Any person who intends to produce for sale or import for the purpose of selling specifically controlled animal feed under section 6 (1) shall submit an application for a licence` (s.15).\n- Labeling duty: a licensed producer must `provide labels for specifically controlled animal feed; their layout and text of such labels shall be in accordance with the rules, procedures and conditions prescribed and notified by the Minister` (s.27(4)). This is the statutory basis for Thailand's pet-food labeling rules (detailed in the Minister's Notification under s.6).\n\n## Pet-food category enumeration (per Minister's Notification under s.6(1); reproduced by WOAH)\nThe Act establishes the *specifically controlled animal feed* category; the Minister's Notification designates pet-food types, which the WOAH regional report reproduces as: **Pet Food**, **Complete pet food**, **Complementary pet food**, **Therapeutic pet food**, and **Supplement for Pet** — all registered/specifically-controlled feed types. (This enumeration is from the implementing Notification, not the Act text itself; retained from the WOAH reproduction as secondary sourcing.)\n\n## Why this matters\nThis upgrades the prior WOAH-reproduction topic to first-hand DLD primary text (the aqi.dld.go.th 403 that forced `needs_review: true` is resolved via the alternate `legal.dld.go.th` official English PDF). Pet food in Thailand is therefore a licensed/registered feed type under DLD, with labeling governed by s.6/s.27.\n","sources":["th-2026 — Thailand Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — Pet Food as a Specifically-Controlled Feed Type (retrieved 2026-07-30)"],"source":{"authority":"th-2026","title":"Thailand Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — Pet Food as a Specifically-Controlled Feed Type","url":"https://legal.dld.go.th/images/Pho%20Roh%20Bor/Khuabkhum-khunnaphap-arhansat/ENG%20Khunkhum-khunnaphap-arhansat.pdf","retrieved":"2026-07-30","ref":"","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — official DLD English translation (legal.dld.go.th); WOAH 'Animal Feed control in Thailand' regional report (secondary, for pet-food category enumeration)","verification_file":"Animal Feed Quality Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015), Thailand — Department of Livestock Development (DLD). Primary statute obtained 2026-07-30 from legal.dld.go.th (official DLD English translation PDF). Earlier retrieval (2026-07-29) of aqi.dld.go.th returned HTTP 403; the official English text is now reachable via legal.dld.go.th, so this topic is upgraded to first-hand primary sourcing (needs_review lifted). Pet-food category enumeration (Complete/Complementary/Therapeutic pet food, Supplement for Pet) is set by the Minister's Notification under s.6(1) and is reproduced in the WOAH regional report used as secondary source."},"source_document":"Animal Feed Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015) — official DLD English translation (legal.dld.go.th); WOAH 'Animal Feed control in Thailand' regional report (secondary, for pet-food category enumeration)","source_file":"Animal Feed Quality Control Act B.E. 2558 (2015), Thailand — Department of Livestock Development (DLD). Primary statute obtained 2026-07-30 from legal.dld.go.th (official DLD English translation PDF). Earlier retrieval (2026-07-29) of aqi.dld.go.th returned HTTP 403; the official English text is now reachable via legal.dld.go.th, so this topic is upgraded to first-hand primary sourcing (needs_review lifted). Pet-food category enumeration (Complete/Complementary/Therapeutic pet food, Supplement for Pet) is set by the Minister's Notification under s.6(1) and is reproduced in the WOAH regional report used as secondary source.","tokens_estimated":230,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}