We provide prior consultation for applicants who submit application documentation for the designation of food additives and the revision of use standards.
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2026-09-18 updated
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【Useful Information Resources when you prepare the Overview Document on the proposed Food Additive(s)】
●Food Additives(Consumer Affairs Agency)
・Food additives
●Specification
・ Japan’s Specifications and Standards for Food Additives, 10th Edition
●Safety Assessment of food additives
・ FSCJ Risk Assessment Reports
●Estimation of Daily Intake of proposed food additive
Japan
・Estimation of daily intake of food additives by a market basket method (in Japanese)
・Data of average intake of individual food-additional data to the survey report on food
intake and frequency (in Japanese)
The United States
・FDA Guidance for Industry: Estimating Dietary Intake of Substances in Food
●Other useful resources
Japanese organaization
・NIHS Web Site
Food safety information (in Japanese)
Chemicals safety information (in Japanese)
Japan Existing Chemical Data Base
ICSC (in Japanese)
・Consumer Affairs Agency
・Food Safety Commission of Japan
・Ministry of Health, Labour and Health
Please select "English" from "Language" at the top of the website.
・Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Industrial, Scientific association
・Japan Food Additives Association
・The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation
・Japan Food Hygiene Association (in Japanese)
・Japan Flavor & Fragrance Material Associatrion (in Japanese)
・International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Japan
●Food Additives(Consumer Affairs Agency)
・Food additives
●Specification
・ Japan’s Specifications and Standards for Food Additives, 10th Edition
●Safety Assessment of food additives
・ FSCJ Risk Assessment Reports
●Estimation of Daily Intake of proposed food additive
Japan
・Estimation of daily intake of food additives by a market basket method (in Japanese)
・Data of average intake of individual food-additional data to the survey report on food
intake and frequency (in Japanese)
The United States
・FDA Guidance for Industry: Estimating Dietary Intake of Substances in Food
●Other useful resources
Japanese organaization
・NIHS Web Site
Food safety information (in Japanese)
Chemicals safety information (in Japanese)
Japan Existing Chemical Data Base
ICSC (in Japanese)
・Consumer Affairs Agency
・Food Safety Commission of Japan
・Ministry of Health, Labour and Health
Please select "English" from "Language" at the top of the website.
・Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Industrial, Scientific association
・Japan Food Additives Association
・The Japan Food Chemical Research Foundation
・Japan Food Hygiene Association (in Japanese)
・Japan Flavor & Fragrance Material Associatrion (in Japanese)
・International Pharmaceutical Excipients Council Japan