Survey on the sales situation of some additives for the preparation of candidate additives for deletion from "the Existing Additives List" and survey on an existing additive "5'-Deaminase"

Revision of "the 2nd edition of Method for the Analysis of Food Additives in Foods"

Amendment of "Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc." under the Food Sanitation Act

Public notice of the List of scheduled deletion of the existing additives　and procedures for requesting corrections

Revision of the List of Essence of 18 kinds

Deletion of 3,6-dimethyl-5,6,7,7a-tetrahydro-2(4H)-benzofuranone from the List of Essence of 18 kinds

Release of the Validation Guidelines for Food Additive Analytical Methods and revision of the 2nd edition of Method for the Analysis of Food Additives in Foods

Release of FAQs on the Validation Guidelines for Food Additive Analytical Methods

Polyvinyl Alcohol has been designated as a food additive and its specifications have been established.

Amendment of "Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc. under the Food Sanitation Act"