Notification No. 29 on Guidelines for the Designation of Food Additives and Revision of Standards for Use of Food Additives.

These guidelines provide the procedures required to apply for the designation of chemically synthesized substances intended for use as food additives pursuant to Article 6 of the Food Sanitation Act and for the establishment of standards for use of food additives pursuant to Article 7(1) of the said Act, the scope of documents that should be submitted with the application, such as results of safety studies, and standard testing methods necessary to generate the documents. Basic policies on designation of food additives and revision of standards for use of food additives. Food additives should pose no risk to human health and provide consumers with some kind of benefit when used. Thus, in designating food additives and in revising standards for use, it is important that the points shown below are scientifically assessed. For this reason, the Food Sanitation Investigation Council conducts scientific evaluations from the perspective of public health, in consideration of food consumption in Japan as well as the overseas food additive standards, such as those of Joint FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius Commission. The safety of the food additive is proven or confirmed in the intended and applied use methods for which the application is made.