Food Supplements
Past Webinar

Food and Dietary Supplements Market Entry Challenges and Solutions - Japan

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July 23, 2025

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Thank you for your interest in Freyr’s Webinar Series (FWS). The webinar “Food and Dietary Supplements Market Entry Challenges and Solutions - Japan” was concluded on July 23rd 2025. Here is an archived version for your perusal.

Briefly, during the webinar, our presenters Giulio Libertini and Etsuko Ogawa discussed the following:

  • Overview of Japan’s food and dietary supplement regulations
  • Regulatory authorities: MHLW and others
  • Classification of foods and dietary supplements in Japan
  • Import notification and product registration processes
  • Functional claims categories: FOSHU, FFC, FNFC
  • Labeling requirements and additive use standards
  • Recent updates in Japan’s FDS regulatory framework
  • Freyr’s regulatory services for the Japanese FDS market

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Giulio Libertini is a Regulatory Specialist and biologist with a solid background in public health and food safety. In 2010, he started working as a Regulatory professional, gaining valuable experience with Health Authorities (HAs) and Regulatory bodies. He has four (04) years of experience in food compliance and labeling of food supplements, fortified foods, and foods for specific groups, with successful projects in several different countries. His primary expertise is food compliance evaluation along with food labeling, Regulatory submissions, and nutritional/health claims.

    

Etsuko Ogawa is a Regulatory professional with 20+ years of experience in consumer products Regulatory affairs. She has experience in the preparation and submission of registration dossiers for consumer and medicinal products, submission of variation, and renewal applications to the Health Authority (HA), translation of chemical reports, product information, bulletins, MSDS, certificates of analysis, specifications, technical sheets and medical - CIOMS, Clinical Study Reports (CSRs), protocols, CTD, inquiries, packaging insert, and medical writing.

Hosted By

Giulio Libertini

Deputy Manager - Regulatory Affairs (FDS)

Presented By

Etsuko Ogawa

Senior Manager - Consumer Regulatory Affairs