Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has revised "Guidelines for Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Standards of Their Use", which was initially issued on Mar.22,1996, taking into account that the Food Safety Commission of Japan (FSCJ) revised "Guideline for Assessment of the Effect of Food on Human Health Regarding Food Additives" recently(*) and other reasons..

(*)FSCJ revised the Guideline in Sep. 2021.