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".
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
apparatus
「器具」
Tableware, kitchen utensils and other machines, equipment and articles that are used in collecting, producing, processing, cooking, storing, transporting, displaying, handing over or consuming food or additives and that touch the food or additives directly; those used to harvest food in farming and fisheries are not included.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (4)· applies throughout the law
containers and packages
「容器包装」
Anything that holds or wraps food or additives and is handed over with them, as it is, when the food or additives change hands.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (5)· applies throughout the law