On February 8, the Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) issued Notice No. 2023-9, amending some of the contents of the Labeling Standards for Health Functional Foods, the main contents of which are as follows.

1. Health functional foods shall be labeled with both the health functional food pattern and the words "health functional food", but in cases where the labeling area on the packaging material is small, one of the health functional food pattern and the words "health functional food" may be labeled.

2. Expand the scope of labeling items that can be modified by adding self-adhesive stickers on health functional food labels, so that companies can continue to use existing packaging materials after changes in other regulations and standards to ease the burden on the industry.