date:May 30, 2012
FoodNavigator-Asia spoke to Professor Yong Chul Shin, a previous member of the functional food committee on the Korean FDA, about the countrys current and future regulatory environment.
Shin said that Korea currently has strict health claim regulations covering supplements in Korea only supplements can be labelled with a health claim. Other general foods cannot be labelled with a functionality.
However, he raised a few exceptions nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and protein are allowed