# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第十四条 (Article 14) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 食品衛生法 (Food Sanitation Act), 昭和二十二年法律第二百三十三号 - English title "Food Sanitation Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十四条 (Article 14) — address `art-14` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十四条 art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、前条第一項の食品の成分に係る規格として、食品に残留する農薬、飼料の安全性の確保及び品質の改善に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する飼料添加物又は医薬品、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第二条第一項に規定する医薬品であつて専ら動物のために使用されることが目的とされているもの（以下この条において「農薬等」という。）の成分である物質（その物質が化学的に変化して生成した物質を含む。）の量の限度を定めるとき、同法第二条第九項に規定する再生医療等製品であつて専ら動物のために使用されることが目的とされているもの（以下この条において「動物用再生医療等製品」という。）が使用された対象動物（同法第八十三条第一項の規定により読み替えられた同法第十四条第二項第三号ロに規定する対象動物をいう。）の肉、乳その他の生産物について食用に供することができる範囲を定めるときその他必要があると認めるときは、農林水産大臣に対し、農薬等の成分又は動物用再生医療等製品の構成細胞、導入遺伝子その他内閣府令で定めるものに関する資料の提供その他必要な協力を求めることができる。 art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14/par-1 When the Prime Minister establishes a limit on the amount of substances (including substances generated by the chemical change of those substances) that are ingredients of agricultural chemicals, feed additives defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed, or pharmaceuticals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "agricultural chemicals, etc." below in this Article) which remain in food, as standards for the ingredients of food referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and specifies the scope of meat, milk and other products of the target animals (meaning the target animals prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item (b) of that Act pursuant to Article 83, paragraph (1) of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms) for which regenerative medicine products defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of that Act which are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "animal regenerative medicine products" below in this Article) have been used, and in other cases the Prime Minister finds to be necessary, the Prime Minister may request the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to provide materials on the ingredients of the agricultural chemicals, etc. or the component cells and transgenes of the animal regenerative medicine products, or other things specified by Cabinet Office Order, and provide other necessary cooperation. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the Prime Minister establishes a limit on the amount of substances (including substances generated by the chemical change of those substances) that are ingredients of feed additives defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed, or pharmaceuticals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "agricultural chemicals, etc." below in this Article) which remain in food, as standards for the ingredients of food referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and specifies the scope of meat, milk and other products of the target animals (meaning the target animals prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item (b) of that Act pursuant to Article 83, paragraph (1) of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms) for which regenerative medicine products defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of that Act which are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "animal regenerative medicine products" below in this Article) have been used, and in other cases the Prime Minister finds to be necessary, the Prime Minister may request the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to provide materials on the ingredients of the agricultural chemicals, etc. or the component cells and transgenes of the animal regenerative medicine products, or other things specified by Cabinet Office Order, and provide other necessary cooperation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb --- ## Cites - art-14/par-1: 前条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-1 - art-14/par-1: 飼料の安全性の確保及び品質の改善に関する法律第二条第三項 → e-Gov law 328AC1000000035, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection - art-14/par-1: この条 → 食品衛生法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第十三条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-3 - 食品衛生法 第十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14/par-1 - 食品衛生法 附則第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-3/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Food Sanitation Act, written 2026-11-03 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 食品衛生法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000233/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法), Article 14, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02