# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71)

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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: 第七十一条 (Article 71) — address `art-71`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第七十一条
<sup>art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-71</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣、内閣総理大臣及び都道府県知事等は、食品衛生に関する施策に国民又は住民の意見を反映し、関係者相互間の情報及び意見の交換の促進を図るため、当該施策の実施状況を公表するとともに、当該施策について広く国民又は住民の意見を求めなければならない。
<sup>art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-71/par-1</sup>
In order to reflect the people's or the residents' opinions in the policy measures concerning food sanitation and promote the exchange of information and opinions between relevant persons, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Prime Minister, and the prefectural governor, etc. must publicize the implementation status of the policy measures, and broadly seek the opinions of the people or the residents concerning the policy measures.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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