第五条
Collecting, producing, processing, using, cooking, storing, transporting, displaying, and delivering and receiving of food or additives to be sold (including their provision other than sales to a large number of persons or unspecified persons; the same applies below) must be made in a clean and sanitary manner.
第六条
those that are rotten or have deteriorated, or are unripe; provided, however, that this does not apply to those that are unlikely to harm human health in general and are found to be suitable for eating and drinking;
腐敗し、若しくは変敗したもの又は未熟であるもの。ただし、一般に人の健康を損なうおそれがなく飲食に適すると認められているものは、この限りでない。
those that contain toxic or harmful substances or are adhered with those substances, or suspected to contain or adhered with them; provided, however, that this does not apply when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare specifies that they are unlikely to harm human health;
有毒な、若しくは有害な物質が含まれ、若しくは付着し、又はこれらの疑いがあるもの。ただし、人の健康を損なうおそれがない場合として厚生労働大臣が定める場合においては、この限りでない。
those that are contaminated with pathogens or suspected to be contaminated with them, and are likely to harm human health; and
病原微生物により汚染され、又はその疑いがあり、人の健康を損なうおそれがあるもの。
those that are likely to harm human health due to filth, contamination or addition of foreign substances, or due to other reasons.
不潔、異物の混入又は添加その他の事由により、人の健康を損なうおそれがあるもの。
第七条
When things that have not been generally served for human consumption and have not been proved to be unlikely to harm human health, or things that include them are newly sold as food or come to be sold as food, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit those things to be sold as food, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, when the Minister finds it necessary for preventing the occurrence of food sanitation hazards.
厚生労働大臣は、一般に飲食に供されることがなかつた物であつて人の健康を損なうおそれがない旨の確証がないもの又はこれを含む物が新たに食品として販売され、又は販売されることとなつた場合において、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、厚生科学審議会の意見を聴いて、それらの物を食品として販売することを禁止することができる。
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that there is no positive proof that the things that have been generally served for human consumption and are served in a method significantly different from the normal method for those things are unlikely to harm human health and that it is necessary for preventing the occurrence of food sanitation hazards, the Minister may prohibit those things to be sold as food, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council.
厚生労働大臣は、一般に食品として飲食に供されている物であつて当該物の通常の方法と著しく異なる方法により飲食に供されているものについて、人の健康を損なうおそれがない旨の確証がなく、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、厚生科学審議会の意見を聴いて、その物を食品として販売することを禁止することができる。
When serious damage to human health suspected to have been caused by food has occurred, and it is suspected that the food contains things that have not been generally served for human consumption and are likely to cause harm from the conditions of the damage, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit the sale of the food, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, when the Minister finds it necessary for preventing the occurrence of food sanitation hazards.
厚生労働大臣は、食品によるものと疑われる人の健康に係る重大な被害が生じた場合において、当該被害の態様からみて当該食品に当該被害を生ずるおそれのある一般に飲食に供されることがなかつた物が含まれていることが疑われる場合において、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため必要があると認めるときは、厚生科学審議会の意見を聴いて、その食品を販売することを禁止することができる。
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a prohibition of sales under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs and finds that there is no likelihood of food sanitation hazards caused by things or food related to the prohibition to occur based on the application from a person having an interest in the prohibition, or as required, the Minister is to revoke the prohibition in whole or in part, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, pursuant to Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a prohibition of sales under the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3), or has revoked the prohibition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to issue public notice in an Official Gazette to that effect.
厚生労働大臣は、第一項から第三項までの規定による販売の禁止をしたとき、又は前項の規定による禁止の全部若しくは一部の解除をしたときは、官報で告示するものとする。
第八条
When a business operator that handles food containing ingredients or substances that require special attention from the viewpoint of preventing food sanitation hazards and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister have designated after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council (referred to as "designated ingredients, etc." in paragraph (3) and Article 70, paragraph (5)) (referred to as "food containing designated ingredients, etc." below in this paragraph) obtains information that the food containing designated ingredients, etc. handled by them causes or may cause harm to human health, they must notify a prefectural governor, a mayor of the city with public health centers or a mayor of the special ward (referred to below as the "prefectural governor, etc.") of that information without delay pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been given, the prefectural governor, etc. must report the matters related to the notification to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other relevant persons must endeavor to grasp the state of damage to human health suspected of being caused by the ingestion of designated ingredients, etc., and when the prefectural governor, etc. conducts investigation of the damage to human health suspected of being caused by the ingestion of designated ingredients, etc. to prevent food sanitation hazards, and requests necessary cooperation for the investigation, they must endeavor to provide information on the damage or other necessary cooperation, in response to the request.
第九条
If for specific food or additives collected, produced, processed, cooked, or stored in a specific country or region, or those collected, produced, processed, cooked, or stored by a specific person, as a result of the inspections under the provisions of Article 26, paragraphs (1) through (3), or Article 28, paragraph (1), when it is found that food or additives falling under the following items are likely to be contained to a considerable extent, in light of the fact that a considerable number of food or additives falling under the following items have been discovered and the situation of food sanitation management at the production site or other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and taking into account the extent of risk of causing damage to human health and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it is particularly necessary for preventing food sanitation hazards caused by the specific food or additives, the Minister may prohibit the specific food or additives from being sold, or collected, produced, imported, processed, used, or cooked for the purpose of selling, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council:
厚生労働大臣は、特定の国若しくは地域において採取され、製造され、加工され、調理され、若しくは貯蔵され、又は特定の者により採取され、製造され、加工され、調理され、若しくは貯蔵される特定の食品又は添加物について、第二十六条第一項から第三項まで又は第二十八条第一項の規定による検査の結果次に掲げる食品又は添加物に該当するものが相当数発見されたこと、生産地における食品衛生上の管理の状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由からみて次に掲げる食品又は添加物に該当するものが相当程度含まれるおそれがあると認められる場合において、人の健康を損なうおそれの程度その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を勘案して、当該特定の食品又は添加物に起因する食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため特に必要があると認めるときは、厚生科学審議会の意見を聴いて、当該特定の食品又は添加物を販売し、又は販売の用に供するために、採取し、製造し、輸入し、加工し、使用し、若しくは調理することを禁止することができる。
food prescribed in Article 12;
food or additives that do not conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1);
food that uses additives by a method that does not conform to the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1); and
food prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (3).
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to make a prohibition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must consult with the heads of the relevant administrative organs in advance.
厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による禁止をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、関係行政機関の長に協議しなければならない。
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a prohibition under the provisions of paragraph (1) and finds that there is no likelihood of the specific food or additives related to the prohibition to cause food sanitation hazards based on the application from a person having an interest in the prohibition, or as required, the Minister is to revoke the prohibition in whole or in part, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has ordered a prohibition under the provisions of paragraph (1), or has issued a revocation of the prohibition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph in whole or in part, the Minister is to issue public notice in an Official Gazette.
cities with public health centers
「保健所を設置する市」
A city that a Cabinet Order (政令) under Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Community Health Act names as one that sets up its own public health center (保健所); it shares the duties this Act gives prefectures, and in the articles Article 76 lists its mayor acts in place of the prefectural governor.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1)
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
business operator
「営業者」
A person or corporation that runs a business (営業) as this Act defines it: collecting, producing, importing, processing, cooking, storing, transporting or selling food or additives, or making, importing or selling apparatus or containers and packages, as a trade.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (8)· applies throughout the law
designated ingredients, etc.
「指定成分等」
An ingredient or substance needing special care to prevent food sanitation hazards, which the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister designate after hearing the Food Safety Standards Council (食品衛生基準審議会).
Short name set inArticle 8, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 8, paragraph (3); and Article 70, paragraph (5)
food containing designated ingredients, etc.
「指定成分等含有食品」
In Article 8, paragraph (1), food containing a designated ingredient, etc. (指定成分等), whose business operators must report without delay to the prefectural governor, etc. any information that it has harmed or may harm people's health.
Short name set inArticle 8, paragraph (1)· applies only in this paragraph
prefectural governor, etc.
「都道府県知事等」
A prefectural governor, the mayor of a city with a public health center (保健所を設置する市), or the mayor of a special ward (特別区).
Short name set inArticle 8, paragraph (1)
Prime Minister
内閣総理大臣
The head of the Cabinet. Designated by the Diet from among its own members, and appointed by the Emperor on that designation (Articles 67 and 6). The Prime Minister appoints and may dismiss the other Ministers of State at will, and a majority of them must be members of the Diet (Article 68). No Minister of State can be subjected to legal action while in office without the Prime Minister's consent (Article 75).
Written by AI using Constitution, Arts. 6, 67, 68, 75 and Wikipedia: Prime Minister of Japan as a reference.
special ward
特別区
A ward (区) of a metropolis (都) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 281, paragraph (1)). Today the only special wards are the 23 wards of Tokyo. A special ward is a basic local government in its own right: it does, in general, the work a city, town or village (市町村) does elsewhere, apart from what the metropolis does across all the wards as one (Article 281-2, paragraph (2)). Where a law or order gives a city (市) work to do, its provisions on that work also apply to a special ward, for the work the ward does (Article 281, paragraph (2), and Article 283, paragraph (2)); a Cabinet Order (政令) can make special rules where they cannot apply as they stand (Article 283, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 281, 281-2, 283 as a reference.