A physician who has diagnosed a patient with food poisoning, etc., or has examined the corpse of a patient with food poisoning, etc. must immediately notify the director of the nearest public health center to that effect.
食中毒患者等を診断し、又はその死体を検案した医師は、直ちに最寄りの保健所長にその旨を届け出なければならない。
When the director of a public health center has received a notification referred to in the preceding paragraph, or finds that patients with food poisoning, etc. have been found, the director must promptly make a report to a prefectural governor, etc., and conduct an investigation, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
When a prefectural governor, etc. has received a report from the director of a public health center pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and finds that the number of patients with food poisoning, etc. who have been found is equal to or higher than the number specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, it is likely that such a situation will occur, or in other cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the prefectural governor, etc. must immediately make a report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
When the director of a public health center has conducted an investigation under the provisions of paragraph (2), the director must make a report to a prefectural governor, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
When a prefectural governor, etc. has received a report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor, etc. must make a report to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order.
略称規定第八条第一項
…その取り扱う指定成分等含有食品が人の健康に被害を生じ、又は生じさせるおそれがある旨の情報を得た場合は、当該情報を、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長(以下「都道府県知事等」…
わかりやすく言うと
都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長、又は特別区の区長のことです。
略称規定第二十一条の二第一項
国及び都道府県等は、食品、添加物、器具又は容器包装に起因する中毒患者又はその疑いのある者(以下「食中毒患者等」という。)の広域にわたる発生又はその拡大を防止し、及び広域にわたり流通する食品、添加物…
わかりやすく言うと
食品、添加物、器具又は容器包装が原因の中毒にかかった人と、その疑いのある人のことです。