①A 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:

②When 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.

Prefectures must establish criteria necessary from the viewpoint of public health for facilities of the business that have a significant impact on public health (excluding poultry slaughtering businesses) and are specified by Cabinet Order by Prefectural Ordinance, taking into consideration the criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

①A person who seeks to conduct a business prescribed in the preceding Article must obtain approval from the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

②In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must grant approval when the prefectural governor finds that the business facilities conform to the criteria under the provisions of the preceding Article; provided, however, that the prefectural governor may refuse to grant the approval referred to in that paragraph when the person who seeks to conduct the business prescribed in the preceding Article falls under any of the following items:

③A prefectural governor may attach necessary conditions such as a valid period of not less than five years to the approval referred to in paragraph (1).

①When a person who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as an "approved business operator" below in this Article) has transferred their business, or an inheritance, a merger, or a split (limited to one by which the business is succeeded to) for an approved business operator has been implemented, a person who has been transferred the business, or an heir (if there are two or more heirs, and an heir that is to succeed to the business has been selected by the consent of all the heirs, that heir), a corporation surviving the merger, a corporation established by the merger, or a corporation succeeding to the business by the split is to succeed to the status of the approved business operator.

②A person who has succeeded to the status of the approved business operator pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay, by attaching a document proving that fact.

①A person who seeks to conduct business (excluding business prescribed in Article 54, a business that has a small impact on public health and is specified by Cabinet Order, and a poultry slaughtering business) must notify a prefectural governor of the name and the location of their business office and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance.

②The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who has made a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the terms "a person who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" and "an approved business operator" in paragraph (1) of that Article are deemed to be replaced with "a person who has made a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article" and "a notifying business operator", respectively, and the term "an approved business operator" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a notifying business operator".

①When a business operator falls under either of the following items and recalls food or additives they have collected, produced, imported, processed or sold, or apparatus, or containers and packages they have manufactured, imported, or sold (excluding cases in which the recall is made by receiving an order under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the following Article and cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Cabinet Office Order as those unlikely to cause food sanitation hazards), they must notify a prefectural governor of the fact that they have commenced the recall and the status of the recall, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Cabinet Office Order, without delay.

②When a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed, a prefectural governor must report the matters notified to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Cabinet Office Order.

①When a business operator violates the provisions of Article 6, Articles 10 through 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16 or Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), or violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may order the business operator or the officials of the Ministry or the prefecture to dispose of the food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages, or order the business operator to take other necessary measures to eliminate the food sanitation hazards.

②When a business operator has violated the provisions of Article 20, the Prime Minister or a prefectural governor may order the business operator or the relevant officials to dispose of the food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages, or order the business operator to take other necessary measures to eliminate the food sanitation hazards caused by the false or exaggerated labeling or advertising.

①When a business operator violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 8, paragraph (1), Articles 10 through 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 19, paragraph (2), Article 20, Article 25, paragraph (1), Article 26, paragraph (4), Article 48, paragraph (1), Article 50, paragraph (2), Article 51, paragraph (2), Article 52, paragraph (2) or Article 53, paragraph (1), violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), has come to fall under Article 55, paragraph (2), item (i) or (iii), or violates the conditions under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, a prefectural governor may revoke the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article, prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period.

②When a business operator (limited to a person or corporation that is engaged in import of food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages) violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 26, paragraph (4), Article 50, paragraph (2), Article 51, paragraph (2), Article 52, paragraph (2) or Article 53, paragraph (1), or violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period.

When a business operator violates the criteria under the provisions of Article 54 for their business facilities, a prefectural governor may order the business operator to develop and improve the facilities, revoke the approval referred to in Article 55, paragraph (1), prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period.