On January 15, 2021, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan issued Notice No. 1 of Raw Food Fat 0115, which issued the provincial order on the revision of the "Food Sanitation Law Implementation Rules" and the notification of the revision of the "Specifications and Standards of Food, Additives, etc.", the main revision The content is as follows:

1. Regarding the amendments to the Implementation Rules of the Food Sanitation Law:
Added ammonium bisulfite, chitin-dextran, DL-potassium tartrate and vinylimidazole copolymers to Schedule 1 of the Implementation Rules of the Food Sanitation Law (the list of designated additives).

2. Regarding the revision of the "Specifications and Standards for Food, Additives, etc.":
Newly established specifications for the above four types of additives.

The above revised content will be implemented from the date of publication.

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