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Article: Japan's MHW relaxes procedures for health food labels.
- Article from:
- Nutraceuticals International
- Article date:
- March 2, 1998
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Japan's health food manufacturers are crowding the doors of the Ministry of Health and Welfare to apply for its Specially Designated Health Food label after the Ministry added 18 products to its list of eligible health foods in late-1997. At the same time, it eased conditions and paper work required to gain Ministry approval and obtain use of the mark certifying this approval.
The MHW's action on November 21 increased to an even 100 the number of product types eligible for the Ministry's Specially Designated Health Food mark used on labels and in packaging - subject to the condition that the manufacturer's product passes the Ministry's rigid tests to the ...