# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第三十五条 (Article 35)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第三十五条 (Article 35) — address `art-35`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-35
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### 第三十五条
<sup>art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-35</sup>

**第一項**  登録検査機関は、製品検査を行うべきことを求められたときは、正当な理由がある場合を除き、遅滞なく、製品検査を行わなければならない。
<sup>art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-35/par-1</sup>
A registered conformity assessment body must conduct product inspections without delay, when requested to conduct a product inspection, excluding cases in which there are legitimate grounds not to do so.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  登録検査機関は、公正に、かつ、厚生労働省令で定める技術上の基準に適合する方法により製品検査を行わなければならない。
<sup>art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-35/par-2</sup>
A registered conformity assessment body must conduct product inspections in a fair manner, and by a method that conforms to the technical criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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

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## 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
