The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Kim Ganglip) announce an advance administrative notice on June 10 and receive opinions on the revision of “Standards and Specifications for Health Functional Food”, which include addition of warning notice for intake of 8 functional ingredients* such as ginseng etc.

* Ginseng, red ginseng, chlorella, milk thistle extracts, marigold flower extracts, indigestible maltodextrin, aloe gel and MSM (Methyl sulfonylmethane)

This revision reflects the results of re-evaluation of safety and functionality last year for 8 functional ingredients as mentioned above.

- Also, analysis conditions of the test method such as moblie phase of HPLC etc are improved for efficient and accurate analysis.

Major revisions include: Add warning notice for intake of 8 types of functional ingredients; Change daily intake amount of indigestible maltodextrin and aloe gel; Strengthen lead specifications of chlorella; Add ingredient of vitamin K; Establish simultaneous analysis method for catechin and caffeine etc.