On August 9, 2022, Japan's Consumer Affairs Agency issued Proposal 235070040 to revise the labeling regulations on health food. The main contents of the revision include:

(1) The scope of products applicable to the regulations is clearly defined as food under tablet and capsule form;

(2) New categories of health effects allowed to be claimed by health food, including prevention of cognitive impairment, improvement of immunity, promotion of metabolism, etc.;

(3) New requirements for efficacy display on health food labels and advertisements;

(4) New examples of prohibited use and claims and promotion of health food advertisements and labels;

(5) Revised the preconditions for the use of some health claims (for example, to help people lose weight).

The comment period of this proposal will end by September 7, 2022.