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機能性表示食品の科学的根拠 .国際比較と今後の課題.

清水俊雄

名古屋文理大学健康生活学部

The Japanese government established two regulatory systems, Foods for Specified Health Uses (FOSHU) in 1991 for claims on functional foods and Foods with Nutrient Function Claims (FNFC), under which twelve vitamins and two minerals were standardized in 2001. A new regulatory system of self-substantiated health claims introduced in 2015 requires no premarket approval from the government. Under this system, scientifically substantiated evidence concerning the safety and function, labelling requirements, and standardized product information for consumers is required, and in principle, this information is provided by each company to the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) for disclosure prior to sale. The labeling of health claims on foods should be in harmony with international standards. In 2004, the Codex Alimentation incorporated three procedures for nutrition and health claims, which are the under the titles of the Nutrient Function Claim, Other Functional Claims and the Disease Risk Reduction Claims. In the United States, the government established procedures for health claims concerning the relationship between food and disease in the Nutrition Labeling Educational Act and the Structure/Function Claims in the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act in 1994. The European Union enforced the regulation of health claims on food in 2007, which consist of a Function Claim, a Disease Risk Reduction Claim and a Child Related Claim. With a view towards promoting health in the interest of the general public, international standards should be adopted: the Japanese regulatory system and the new FNFC should contribute to the quality of life, and in particular the needs of the elderly. Key words: Functional food, Food with Function Claims, Food with Specified Health Use, Food with Nutrient Function

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