South Korea plans to revise health functional food labeling standards

17 - Oct - 2025 QQISB

   2025Year6June30Day, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (MFDS), issued2025-275Notice, proposing to revise theHealthFunction FoodLabelingStandards, with the comment period ending on2025July7Day. Main content:

  (1)It is proposed to formulate detailed labeling methods and regulations for providing label information through QR codes and other electronic means. For example, the font size should be12pt or larger, font ratio, raw material names and other labeling items, etc.

  (2)When the product label provides information on the names of raw materials through electronic means such as QR codes, it must display the names and contents of more than three raw materials and the country of origin; the main raw materials and other raw materials used in the production process should be labeled in the order of use, but the names of raw materials that do not residue in the final product can be left unlabeled.