The Prime Minister may establish necessary criteria for the labeling of apparatus, or containers and packages for which standards or criteria have been established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, from the viewpoint of accurately conveying necessary information on public health concerning apparatus, or containers and packages to general consumers, after hearing the opinions of the Consumer Commission.
Apparatus, or containers and packages for which the criteria for labeling have been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must not be sold, displayed for the purpose of selling, or used for business, if they do not have a labeling that conforms to the criteria.
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
Consumer Commission
消費者委員会
A commission placed in the Cabinet Office (内閣府) (Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Article 6, paragraph (1)), of no more than ten members whom the Prime Minister appoints and who exercise their authority independently (Articles 7, 9, paragraph (1), and 10, paragraph (1)). It investigates and deliberates on important matters — among them the protection and promotion of consumers' interests, the proper regulation of premiums and representations, and prices — on its own initiative, making recommendations to the Prime Minister, the Ministers concerned or the Commissioner of the Consumer Affairs Agency, and when one of them consults it; and it deals with the matters that the Acts Article 6, paragraph (2), item (iv) lists give it (Article 6, paragraph (2), items (i), (ii) and (iv)). Under the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, the Prime Minister must hear its opinion before designating what counts as a premium or a representation, or restricting or banning premiums (Articles 3 and 6); under the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, the Minister in charge must consult it before drafting certain Cabinet Orders (政令) (Article 64).
Written by AI using Act for Establishment of the Consumer Affairs Agency and the Consumer Commission, Arts. 6, 7, 9, 10, Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations, Arts. 3, 6 and Act on Specified Commercial Transactions, Art. 64 as a reference.
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.