On August 21, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea issued Notice No. 2023-385, which proposes to amend part of the Codex of Healthy Functional Foods, the main contents of which are as follows:

1. Modify the specifications, precautions and daily intake of 9 functional raw materials and nutritional components such as barnabas leaf.

2. Expand the production method of phosphatidylserine and increase the raw materials of theanine.

The above comments will be solicited until October 21, 2024.