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【Guidelines for the Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Standards
for Use of Food Additives】
Guidelines for the Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Standards
for Use of Food Additives was revised by Minister of Health, Labour and
Welfare in September,2022.
・Revision of Guidelines for the Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Standards for Use of Food Additives
【Procedure for the application】
・Click the following link to see "The Procedure for Preparing Application
Documents for Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Use Standards
for Food Additives" (2025)（Japanese version）（食品添加物の指定及び使用基準改正要請資料作成に関する手引）
Note:“The Procedure for Preparing Application Documents for Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Use Standards for Food Additives” was revised in 2025. You may browse the previous version (2014) here
⇒【Handbook for the Procedure】
Currently we are preparing a new version of the Handbook for the Procedure General Notes. When we finish the revision, a new one will be placed.
The Handbook for the Procedure is FADCC's easy-to-understand explanations
of the contents of the Procedure. We hope you will find it helpful when
you prepare the Overview document for designation and revision of specifications
or standards of food additives.
There is a table of contents for the document. Please open them with Adobe
Reader, display the table of contents, and click on the item to open the
corresponding page.
・Handbook for the Procedure General Notes［2.3MB］
【Standards for Risk Assessment】
"Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Food Additives ", "Guidelines for the Assessment of Flavoring Substances in Foods on Health", "Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Additives (Enzymes) in Foods" and " Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Food Additives for Fortification" (Japanese version) were revised by the Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSCJ) in September 2021.
・Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Food Additives (Revised Guideline
for Assessment of the Effect of Food on Human Health Regarding Food Additives)
[September, 2021]
・Guidelines for the Assessment of Flavoring Substances in Foods on Health
[September 2021]
・Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Additives (Enzymes) in Foods [September 2021]
・Guidelines for the Risk Assessment of Food Additives for Fortification [September, 2021]
【Japan’s Specifications and Standards for Food Additives, 9th edition (JSFA-IX)】
Database of Japan's Standards and Specifications for Food Additives