# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第三十条 (Article 30) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30. 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: 第三十条 (Article 30) — address `art-30` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30 - 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. --- ### 第三十条 art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30 **第一項** 第二十八条第一項に規定する当該職員の職権及び食品衛生に関する指導の職務を行わせるために、厚生労働大臣、内閣総理大臣又は都道府県知事等は、その職員のうちから食品衛生監視員を命ずるものとする。 art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Prime Minister, or a prefectural governor, etc. is to appoint food sanitation inspectors from among their officials to have those officials enforce the authority prescribed in Article 28, paragraph (1) and perform the duties of providing guidance on food sanitation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 都道府県知事等は、都道府県等食品衛生監視指導計画の定めるところにより、その命じた食品衛生監視員に監視指導を行わせなければならない。 art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-2 A prefectural governor, etc. must have food sanitation inspectors they have appointed implement monitoring and guidance pursuant to the provisions of the prefectural plan for monitoring and guidance of food sanitation. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、指針に従い、その命じた食品衛生監視員に食品、添加物、器具及び容器包装の表示又は広告に係る監視指導を行わせるものとする。 art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-3 The Prime Minister is to have food sanitation inspectors appointed by the Prime Minister implement monitoring and guidance related to the labeling or advertising of food, additives, apparatus, and containers and packages, in accordance with the guidelines. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、輸入食品監視指導計画の定めるところにより、その命じた食品衛生監視員に食品、添加物、器具及び容器包装の輸入に係る監視指導を行わせるものとする。 art-30/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-4 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to have food sanitation inspectors appointed by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare implement monitoring and guidance related to the import of food, additives, apparatus, and containers and packages, as provided for in the imported food monitoring and guidance plan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 前各項に定めるもののほか、食品衛生監視員の資格その他食品衛生監視員に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。 art-30/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-5 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraphs, the qualifications of food sanitation inspectors and other necessary matters concerning food sanitation inspectors are specified by Cabinet Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-30/par-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-28/par-1 - art-30/par-5: 前各項 → 食品衛生法 第三十条第一項 (Article 30, paragraph (1)), art-30/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-1 - art-30/par-5: 前各項 → 食品衛生法 第三十条第二項 (Article 30, paragraph (2)), art-30/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-2 - art-30/par-5: 前各項 → 食品衛生法 第三十条第三項 (Article 30, paragraph (3)), art-30/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-3 - art-30/par-5: 前各項 → 食品衛生法 第三十条第四項 (Article 30, paragraph (4)), art-30/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-4 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第三十条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-30/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-30/par-5 - 食品衛生法 第六十二条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-62/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-62/par-1/item-2 - 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 第七十九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-79/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-79/par-2 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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