On October 26, 2022, the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released an amendment to the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act, in which Calcium L-Tartrate was added into Appended table 1 as a designated additive.
This regulation is applicable to all food products in Japan. It includes:
Chapter I Food, Additives, Apparatus and Containers and Packaging
Chapter II Monitoring and Guidance
Chapter III Removed
Chapter IV Product Inspections
Chapter V Import Notification
Chapter VI Food Sanitation Inspection Facilities
Chapter VII Registered Conformity Assessment Bodies
Chapter VIII Business
Chapter IX Miscellaneous Provisions
Supplementary Provisions