第三章 器具及び容器包装
Chapter III Apparatus, and Containers and Packages
Article 15
Apparatus, and containers and packages used for conducting business must be clean and sanitary.
Article 16
Apparatus, or containers and packages that contain toxic or harmful substances, or to which those substances are adhered and likely to harm human health, or apparatus, or containers and packages that come into contact with food or additives and are likely to harm human health due to having a harmful effect, must not be sold, manufactured or imported for the purpose of selling, or used for business.
Article 17
If for specific apparatus, or containers and packages that are manufactured in a specific country or region, or manufactured by a specific person, a considerable number of apparatus, or containers and packages falling under the following items have been discovered as a result of inspections under the provisions of Article 26, paragraphs (1) through (3) or Article 28, paragraph (1), and it is found likely that apparatus, or containers and packages falling under the following items are contained to a considerable extent due to the status of food sanitation management at the production site and other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it particularly necessary for preventing food sanitation hazards caused by the specific apparatus, or containers and packages, taking into account the level of risk of harming human health and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister may prohibit the sales of the specific apparatus, or containers and packages, manufacturing or import of the specific apparatus, or containers and packages for the purpose of selling, or using them for business, 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製造され、又は特定の者により製造される特定の器具又は容器包装について、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器具又は容器包装に該当するものが相当数発見されたこと、製造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器具又は容器包装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、当該特定の器具又は容器包装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、当該特定の器具又は容器包装を販売し、販売の用に供するために製造し、若しくは輸入し、又は営業上使用することを禁止することができる。
apparatus, or containers and packages prescribed in the preceding Article;
apparatus, or containers and packages that do not conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article; and
apparatus, or containers and packages that violate the provisions of paragraph (3) of the following Article.
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。
The provisions of Article 9, paragraphs (3) and (4) apply mutatis mutandis to cases in which a prohibition under the provisions of paragraph (1) has been made. In such a case, the term "food or additives" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "apparatus, or containers and packages".
Article 18
The Prime Minister may establish standards for apparatus, or containers and packages or their raw materials to be sold or used for business, or establish the criteria for the manufacturing method of apparatus, or containers and packages, from the viewpoint of public health, after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council.
When the standards or criteria have been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the apparatus, or containers and packages that do not conform to the standards must not be sold, manufactured or imported for the purpose of selling, or used for business, raw materials that do not conform to the standards must not be used, and the apparatus, or containers and packages must not be manufactured by a method that does not conform to the criteria.
Substances (excluding substances generated by chemical change of substances) which are raw materials of materials specified by Cabinet Order taking into consideration the impact on public health of the elution or seepage of the components into food must not be used for apparatus, or containers and packages, when the quantity permitted to be contained in the apparatus, or containers and packages manufactured, or the quantity permitted to be eluted or to seep into food from apparatus, or containers and packages manufactured using those substances is not specified in the standards referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article; provided, however, that this does not apply if the apparatus, or containers and packages, are processed so that the substances do not have the risk of eluting or seeping into food at a quantity exceeding the quantity specified by the Prime Minister as unlikely to harm human health after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council (excluding the case in which the substance is used for the part of the apparatus, or containers and packages which come into contact with food).
器具又は容器包装には、成分の食品への溶出又は浸出による公衆衛生に与える影響を考慮して政令で定める材質の原材料であつて、これに含まれる物質(その物質が化学的に変化して生成した物質を除く。)について、当該原材料を使用して製造される器具若しくは容器包装に含有されることが許容される量又は当該原材料を使用して製造される器具若しくは容器包装から溶出し、若しくは浸出して食品に混和することが許容される量が第一項の規格に定められていないものは、使用してはならない。ただし、当該物質が人の健康を損なうおそれのない量として内閣総理大臣が食品衛生基準審議会の意見を聴いて定める量を超えて溶出し、又は浸出して食品に混和するおそれがないように器具又は容器包装が加工されている場合(当該物質が器具又は容器包装の食品に接触する部分に使用される場合を除く。)については、この限りでない。
定義第四条第四項・法令全体に適用
飲食器、割ぽう具その他食品又は添加物の採取、製造、加工、調理、貯蔵、運搬、陳列、授受又は摂取の用に供され、かつ、食品又は添加物に直接接触する機械、器具その他の物
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