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[Updated] South Korea Modifies Health Functional Food Code

The precautions, specifications, and daily intake amounts of nine functional ingredients are to be modified. A new health functional food type is introduced, namely long-acting product(지속성 제품). The manufacturing standards for aloe gel will be modified.

Updates: MFDS officially released the regulation on December 27, 2023.


On July 25, 2023, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) published a notification1 to solicit public opinion on the amendments to Health Functional Food Code. Consultation period is set to end on September 25, 2023.

Main proposed amendments include:

1. Modifying the precautions, specifications, and daily intake amounts of nine functional ingredient

The precautions for consumption, specifications, and daily intake amounts of nine functional ingredients, including Coenzyme Q10, Squalene, Conjugated Linolenic Acid, NAG, Oat Dietary Fiber, Inulin/Chicory Extract, Chitosan/Chitooligosaccharide, Garcinia Cambogia Extract, Aloe Gel, are to be revised following the latest re-evaluation results. Details are listed below:

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