Biotin

Designated additive: Appended Table 1, item 317, ビオチン (“Biotin” in the unofficial English translation). Standards for use — Specifications and Standards for Foods, Food Additives, etc. (MHW Notification No. 370 of 1959), Part II (Food Additives), F (Standards for use), entry ビオチン: (1) [may be used only in the foods stated] “ビオチンは、調製粉乳、調製液状乳及び母乳代替食品(乳及び乳製品の成分規格等に関する命令別表の二　乳等の成分規格並びに製造、調理及び保存の方法の基準の部(五)　乳等の成分又は製造若しくは保存の方法に関するその他の規格又は基準の款(5)の規定による内閣総理大臣の承認を受けたものを除く。以下この目において同じ。)並びに特定保健用食品及び栄養機能食品以外の食品に使用してはならない。” (2) [limits how much the food may contain] “ビオチンを母乳代替食品に使用する場合には、その100kcalにつき、ビオチンとして10μgを超える量を含有しないように使用しなければならない。” The Japanese is the standard as published. There is no official English translation of the Notification; the English in square brackets is this site’s description of what each sentence does, not a translation of the foods or the levels. Compositional specifications for this additive, in the same Notification, are not imported and are not shown here; nor are the general rules in F 添加物一般, which apply to every additive.

Designated food additive: Standards and Specifications for Food Additives, Part III, 3. 영양강화제 (nutrient fortifiers), 비오틴; nutrient: 비오틴. Standard for use (사용기준) of 비오틴: (1) [to be used under the general standard for use in II. 2. 1), the minimum amount that achieves the technical effect, with no limit set for this additive in particular] “II. 2. 1)의 규정에 따라 사용하여야 한다.” The Korean is the standard as published. There is no official English translation of the current Code (the English version on MFDS’s website is the 2020 edition and has no legal effect); the English in square brackets is this site’s description of what each sentence does, not a translation of the foods or the levels. Compositional specifications (Part IV) are not imported, nor are the general standards in Part II, which apply to every additive.