# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第三十六条 (Article 36)

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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
- 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: 第三十六条 (Article 36) — address `art-36`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-36
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-36
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### 第三十六条
<sup>art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-36</sup>

**第一項**  登録検査機関は、製品検査を行う事業所を新たに設置し、廃止し、又はその所在地を変更しようとするときは、その設置し、廃止し、又は変更しようとする日の一月前までに、厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-36/par-1</sup>
When a registered conformity assessment body intends to newly establish or abolish an office in which it conducts product inspections, or change the location of the office, it must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of that fact by no later than one month before the day of the establishment, abolition, or change.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  登録検査機関は、第三十三条第二項第二号及び第四号（事業所の名称に係る部分に限る。）に掲げる事項に変更があつたときは、遅滞なく、同項第三号に掲げる事項を変更しようとするときは、変更しようとする日の一月前までに、その旨を厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-36/par-2</sup>
When there has been any change to the matters stated in Article 33, paragraph (2), items (ii) and (iv) (limited to the part related to the name of the office), the registered conformity assessment body must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare of that fact without delay, and when it intends to change the matters stated in item (iii) of that paragraph, it must notify the Minister of that fact by no later than one month before the day of the change.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-36/par-2: 第三十三条第二項第二号 → 食品衛生法 第三十三条第二項第二号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-33/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-2
- art-36/par-2: 第四号 → 食品衛生法 第三十三条第二項第四号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (iv)), art-33/par-2/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-4
- art-36/par-2: 同項第三号 → 食品衛生法 第三十三条第二項第三号 (Article 33, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-33/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-3

## Cited by

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

- 食品衛生法 第四十五条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-45/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-45/par-1/item-3
- 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
