Revision of standards for Functional Foods
South Korea
Dec 28, 2023
The Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) proposed partial revision to the “Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Foods” (Notice No. 2023-91) to reflect the results of the re-evaluation of various functional foods.
Major changes include:
- revisions of specifications and daily intake level for 9 types of functional ingredients including coenzyme Q10;
- addition of new products based on disintegration characteristics;
- improvement of manufacturing standards for aloe gel;
- new conversion coefficient for folic acid and daily intake value
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