# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54)

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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: 第五十四条 (Article 54) — address `art-54`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54
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### 第五十四条
<sup>art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県は、公衆衛生に与える影響が著しい営業（食鳥処理の事業を除く。）であつて、政令で定めるものの施設につき、厚生労働省令で定める基準を参酌して、条例で、公衆衛生の見地から必要な基準を定めなければならない。
<sup>art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54/par-1</sup>
Prefectures must establish criteria necessary from the viewpoint of public health for facilities of the business that have a significant impact on public health (excluding poultry slaughtering businesses) and are specified by Cabinet Order by Prefectural Ordinance, taking into consideration the 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

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

- 食品衛生法 第五十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-1
- 食品衛生法 第五十五条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1
- 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2
- 食品衛生法 第五十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-1
- 食品衛生法 第六十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61/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 第七十条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-70/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-70/par-1/item-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
- 食品衛生法 第八十三条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-4
- 食品衛生法 附則第十一条第三項（国民の意見の聴取等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4301-46/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4301-46/art-11/par-3

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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
