A person who sells, or manufactures or imports for the purpose of selling, apparatus, or containers and packages made from raw materials of materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3), pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must explain that the apparatus, or containers and packages the person handles falls under either of the following items to the other party to the sale:
for the raw materials of materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3), the apparatus, or containers and packages have been manufactured by using only raw materials that conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article; or
the apparatus, or containers and packages have undergone processing prescribed in the proviso to Article 18, paragraph (3).
When a person who sells, or produces or imports for the purpose of selling, raw materials of apparatus, or containers and packages and made from materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3) receives a request from a person who manufactures apparatus, or containers and packages using those raw materials for confirmation that the raw materials conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article, they must endeavor to provide necessary explanations pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
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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