# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二十五条 (Article 25) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25. 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: 第二十五条 (Article 25) — address `art-25` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25 - 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). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十五条 art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25 **第一項** 第十三条第一項の規定により規格が定められた食品若しくは添加物又は第十八条第一項の規定により規格が定められた器具若しくは容器包装であつて政令で定めるものは、政令で定める区分に従い厚生労働大臣若しくは都道府県知事又は登録検査機関の行う検査を受け、これに合格したものとして厚生労働省令で定める表示が付されたものでなければ、販売し、販売の用に供するために陳列し、又は営業上使用してはならない。 art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1 Food or additives for which standards have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1), or apparatus, or containers and packages for which standards have been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (1), which are specified by Cabinet Order, must not be sold, displayed for the purpose of selling, or used for business, unless they have undergone an inspection by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, a prefectural governor, or a registered conformity assessment body, in accordance with the classification specified by Cabinet Order and are attached with the labeling specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare certifying that they have passed the inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による厚生労働大臣又は登録検査機関の行う検査を受けようとする者は、検査に要する実費の額を考慮して、厚生労働大臣の行う検査にあつては厚生労働大臣が定める額の、登録検査機関の行う検査にあつては当該登録検査機関が厚生労働大臣の認可を受けて定める額の手数料を納めなければならない。 art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-2 A person who intends to undergo an inspection conducted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a registered conformity assessment body under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must pay a fee specified by the Minister in consideration of the actual costs required for the inspections for an inspection conducted by the Minister, and must pay a fee specified by the registered conformity assessment body by obtaining approval from the Minister in consideration of the actual costs required for the inspection for the inspection conducted by a registered conformity assessment body. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who intends to undergo an inspection conducted by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a registered conformity assessment body under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must pay a fee specified by the Minister in consideration of the actual costs required for the inspections, and must pay a fee specified by the registered conformity assessment body by obtaining approval from the Minister in consideration of the actual costs required for the inspection for the inspection conducted by a registered conformity assessment body ." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **第三項** 前項の手数料は、厚生労働大臣の行う検査を受けようとする者の納付するものについては国庫の、登録検査機関の行う検査を受けようとする者の納付するものについては当該登録検査機関の収入とする。 art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-3 The fees referred to in the preceding paragraph to be paid by a person who intends to undergo an inspection by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare will be the national treasury's income and those to be paid by a person who intends to undergo an inspection by a registered conformity assessment body will be the registered conformity assessment body's income. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、第一項の検査及び当該検査に合格した場合の措置に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, the necessary matters for the inspection referred to in paragraph (1) and the measures to be taken after passing the inspection are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 第一項の検査の結果については、審査請求をすることができない。 art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-5 A request for examination may not be made for the results of the inspection referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-25/par-1: 第十三条第一項 → 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-25/par-1: 第十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-1 - art-25/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-3: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-2 - art-25/par-4: 前三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1 - art-25/par-4: 前三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-2 - art-25/par-4: 前三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第三項 (Article 25, paragraph (3)), art-25/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-3 - art-25/par-5: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1 ## Cited by 15 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第二十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第二十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-3 - 食品衛生法 第二十五条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-4 - 食品衛生法 第二十五条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-5 - 食品衛生法 第二十六条第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-7 - 食品衛生法 第二十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-29/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第三十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3 - 食品衛生法 第四十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-42/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-42/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-3 - 食品衛生法 第七十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-79/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-79/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第八十三条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-1 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条第三項（登録検査機関に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4151-55/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4151-55/art-2/par-3 - 食品衛生法 附則第十一条第一項（施行前の準備） — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4151-55/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4151-55/art-11/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 25, paragraph (2) — 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