일본의 건강기능식품법제의 체계 및 분석

Abstract

"Health function food system" is, to diversify the diet of today's distribution of food, intended to provide appropriate information to be able to choose food according to the worrying situation in the diet of consumers 4 March 2004 as the inception of the system. "Health functional food", "functional food nutrition" and "food for specified health use" will be classified as one of the two. If a specific health food contains ingredients with health claims affect the physiological function of the body, "tone of the stomach," is food that can be expected to show a specific health purpose. Like this, "Health Applications" to view the examination on the scientific evidence regarding safety and effectiveness of health and specific features indicating the physiological function of individual to receive the permission of the Minister of Health is required (Health Promotion Act, Article 26). Health Promotion Act, Article 32 of the two, for those used as food sales, and promoting the health effect is to prohibit the display of false type. Some of what is being sold as food, have been found to have false or misleading view to improve retention of health effects that are not necessarily demonstrate the tendency to eat the recommended long-term sustainable and more. Being sold under a variety of foods, by their own choice of people to the appropriate food intake to health status, their diet is very important. The Report of the Pharmaceutical Affairs and Food Sanitation Council, "the show about food with health claims" was "to provide correct information to the public to choose their own place in the consultation considered necessary to secure and enhance the agency advisory staff".