Red ginseng, Japanese functional labeling food registration

[Reporter Ahn Hyung-joon of The Korean Rural Newspaper] Korean red ginseng has been registered as a functional labeling food in Japan, which is expected to have a positive impact on red ginseng exports in the future. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Minister Jeong Hwang-geun) and the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (President Kim Chun-jin) announced on the 19th that Korean red ginseng was recognized for its cognitive function (memory) improvement effect and was registered as a functional labeling food by the Consumer Agency of Japan. This is the result of efforts by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, aT, to secure scientific grounds for the functionality of 'ginsenoside,' the main ingredient of red ginseng, by conducting clinical trials on the effect of red ginseng consumption on Japanese adults in cooperation with domestic ginseng exporters and human researchers. That is the explanation of aT. aT expects that with the Japanese functional ...