South Korea proposes amendments to the Standards and Specification for Health Functional Foods

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety proposes amendments seek to:

1.    Add "Methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt" to the ingredients list of "folic acid";

2.    Revise the standard and specification of "ginseng", "Hyaluronic acid" and "billberry extract";

3.    Revise the specifications of "Green tea extract"; and Revise the general testing methods.

Products covered : Health functional food products

HS code: 10, 210690

Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy):To be determined.

Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy):To be determined.

Proposed date of entry into force: [ ] Six months from date of publication, and/or(dd/mm/yy): To be determined.

Final date for comments: [X] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the notification and/or (dd/mm/yy):31 August 2019

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