# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第四十六条 (Article 46) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-46. 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: 第四十六条 (Article 46) — address `art-46` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-46 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-46 - 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. --- ### 第四十六条 art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-46 **第一項** 登録検査機関以外の者は、その行う業務が製品検査であると人を誤認させるような表示、広告その他の行為をしてはならない。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-46/par-1 A person other than a registered conformity assessment body must not use labeling, advertising, or conduct other acts that may cause people to misunderstand the operation the person conducts to be product inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、登録検査機関以外の者に対し、その行う業務が製品検査であると人を誤認させないようにするための措置を執るべきことを命ずることができる。 art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-46/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-46/par-2 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may order a person other than a registered conformity assessment body that they should take measures so as not to cause people to misunderstand the operation the person conducts to be product inspection. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第八十五条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-85/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-85/par-1/item-4 --- ## 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