Regulation of functional foods in selected Asian countries in the Pacific Rim

Trends and current food safety regulations and policies for functional foods and beverages containing botanicals

“…the Japanese government intended to encourage consumers with functional foods to maintain good health and prevent disease rather than hospitalization which is more costly [ 17 , 124 ]. Apart from population pattern changes, the positive trend of the global market for functional foods is the major factor triggering the Korean Government to develop the regulatory system for functional foods which is flexible and convenient for the food business operators resulting in increasing the market share of this product in Asia, especially functional foods containing Korean ginseng [ 124 ]. In Canada, these relevant factors were taken into account for analysis of risk and benefit impacts for proving good policy and regulatory measures.…”