The food and additives specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as those that require measures to control particularly important processes for preventing food sanitation hazards to be taken, must not be imported for the purpose of selling, unless they have been produced or processed in a country or region, or facilities specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as being certain that those measures have been taken.
The food and additives specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as those that require proof of the state of food sanitation management at the production site to confirm that they do not fall under any of the food and additives stated in the items of Article 6 and confirm other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must not be imported for the purpose of selling, unless they are attached with a certificate issued by a governmental organization of the exporting country, and stating those matters, or its copy.
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food
「食品」
All food and drink, except the pharmaceutical products, quasi-pharmaceutical products and regenerative medicine products defined in the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law
additives
「添加物」
A substance used in or on food, by adding, mixing, soaking or any other method, in the course of producing food or to process or preserve it.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (2)· applies throughout the law