On June 8, 2022, the Department of Consumers of Japan issued consultation document No. 235080066 to revise the labeling standards for specific health care food. The main contents of the revision include:

(1) The circumstances that the special health food label need to be re-applied for approval (including product name change, formula change, applicant change, etc.) and the application process are revised; 

(2) Revised the labeling requirements of specific health food labeling information; 

(3) Added six kinds of health care functions allowed on labels, including "delaying sugar absorption from food"; 

(4) Delete Appendix 2 (Classification table of specific health food form), etc. 

The consultation document is subject to feedback until July 7, 2022.