When a person who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as an "approved business operator" below in this Article) has transferred their business, or an inheritance, a merger, or a split (limited to one by which the business is succeeded to) for an approved business operator has been implemented, a person who has been transferred the business, or an heir (if there are two or more heirs, and an heir that is to succeed to the business has been selected by the consent of all the heirs, that heir), a corporation surviving the merger, a corporation established by the merger, or a corporation succeeding to the business by the split is to succeed to the status of the approved business operator.
A person who has succeeded to the status of the approved business operator pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay, by attaching a document proving that fact.
定義第四条第七項・法令全体に適用
業として、食品若しくは添加物を採取し、製造し、輸入し、加工し、調理し、貯蔵し、運搬し、若しくは販売すること又は器具若しくは容器包装を製造し、輸入し、若しくは販売すること
略称規定第五十六条第一項・この条の中だけ
前条第一項の許可を受けた者（以下この条において「許可営業者」という。）が当該営業を譲渡し、又は許可営業者について相続、合併若しくは分割（当該営業を承継させるものに限る。）があつたときは…
わかりやすく言うと
公衆衛生に与える影響が著しい営業（食鳥処理の事業を除きます）として政令で定めるものを営むため、都道府県知事などの許可を受けた者のことです（第五十四条、第五十五条第一項）。