South Korea proposes amendments to the standards and specification for Health Functional foods

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety issued notification proposing amendments seek to:

1.    Establish standards and specifications for each functional ingredients:

-        two functional ingredients such as extract of Cynanchum wilfordi Hemsely, Phlomis umbrosa Turcz, Angelica gigas Nakai, extract of Sophora Japonica L.;

2.    Establish test methods for functional ingredients:

four test methods such as Cinnamic acid, Shanzhiside methylester, Nodakenin, Sophoricoside.

Products covered: Health functional food products

HS Code: 07020000, 110412, 1201, 2002, 2009, 210690, 22029910

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): 3 February 2018

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