About JHFC
The Association for Japan Health Food Certified (JHFC) is a private certification body that supports transparency of health-food information by verifying product information, manufacturing & quality-management records, labeling and related documents.
JHFC certification is a private, document-based certification. It does not guarantee pharmaceutical efficacy or the treatment/prevention of any disease.
Certification
We verify product information, manufacturing control, labeling and test documents, and assign a certification number to products meeting the checkpoints.
Resources
Guidelines, application forms, checklists and industry whitepapers are made available for download.
News
Updates on the certification scheme, document releases and related information.
News
- 2025/12Updated the framework for application documents and labeling checks
- 2025/06Organized the scope of member document-review services
- 2025/03Clarified our policy on appropriate health-food information
- 2024/11Published guidance on reading third-party test reports
- 2024/08Released a checklist on ingredient-amount labeling
- 2024/05Notes on the boundary between food and drug expressions