The Food Sanitation Act requires the Minister of Health, Labour, and Welfare to prepare an official compilation of food additive specifications and standards, which contains compositional specifications for individual additives as well as standards for manufacturing and use of these additives. The compilation is updated every several years to introduce new and improved test methods commensurate with the progress in science and technology and achieve international harmonization of standards.

Contents：

A. General Notices

B. General Tests

C. Reagents,Solutions, and Other Reference Materials

D. Monographs

E. Standards for Manufacturing

F. Standards for Use

G. Standards for Labeling

Appendix 1

Appendix 2