The term "food" as used in this Act means all foods and drinks; provided, however, that this term does not include pharmaceutical products, quasi-pharmaceutical products, and regenerative medicine products specified in the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Act No. 145 of 1960).
この法律で食品とは、全ての飲食物をいう。ただし、医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律（昭和三十五年法律第百四十五号）に規定する医薬品、医薬部外品及び再生医療等製品は、これを含まない。
The term "additives" as used in this Act means substances that are used by the method such as adding, mixing or being infiltrated into food in the process of producing food or for the purpose of processing or preserving food.
この法律で添加物とは、食品の製造の過程において又は食品の加工若しくは保存の目的で、食品に添加、混和、浸潤その他の方法によつて使用する物をいう。
The term "natural flavoring agents" as used in this Act means substances obtained from animals or plants, or mixtures of those substances, which are used for flavoring food.
The term "apparatus" as used in this Act means tableware, kitchen utensils, and machines, equipment, and other articles that are used for collecting, producing, processing, cooking, storing, transporting, displaying, delivering, or consuming food or additives, and come into direct contact with food or additives; provided, however, that this does not include machines, equipment, and other articles used for harvesting food for agriculture and fisheries.
The term "food sanitation" as used in this Act means sanitation for eating and drinking concerning food, additives, apparatus, and containers and packages.
The term "business" as used in this Act means collecting, producing, importing, processing, cooking, storing, transporting, or selling food or additives, or manufacturing, importing, or selling apparatus, or containers and packages, in the course of trade; provided, however, that this does not include the food collection business in agriculture and fisheries.
The term "business operator" as used in this Act means a person or corporation that engages in business.
この法律で営業者とは、営業を営む人又は法人をいう。
The term "registered conformity assessment body" as used in this Act means a corporation that has obtained a registration from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare pursuant to the provisions of Article 33, paragraph (1).
この法律で登録検査機関とは、第三十三条第一項の規定により厚生労働大臣の登録を受けた法人をいう。
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
natural flavoring agents
「天然香料」
An additive used to flavor food that is obtained from animals or plants, or is a mixture of such substances.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (3)· 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
food sanitation
「食品衛生」
Hygiene in eating and drinking, as it concerns food, additives, apparatus and containers and packages.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (6)· applies throughout the law
business
「営業」
Collecting, producing, importing, processing, cooking, storing, transporting or selling food or additives, or making, importing or selling apparatus or containers and packages, as a trade; collecting food in farming and fisheries is not included.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (7)· applies throughout the law
business operator
「営業者」
A person or corporation that runs a business (営業) as this Act defines it: collecting, producing, importing, processing, cooking, storing, transporting or selling food or additives, or making, importing or selling apparatus or containers and packages, as a trade.
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (8)· applies throughout the law
registered conformity assessment body
「登録検査機関」
A corporation registered by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare under Article 33, paragraph (1) as a body that carries out product inspections (製品検査).
Defined inArticle 4, paragraph (9)· applies throughout the law