# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第七十二条 (Article 72) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72. 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: 第七十二条 (Article 72) — address `art-72` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72 - 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. --- ### 第七十二条 art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第七十条第一項各号に掲げる行為をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、内閣総理大臣に協議しなければならない。 art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-1 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to conduct the acts stated in the items of Article 70, paragraph (1), the Minister must consult with the Prime Minister in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、第七十条第二項各号に掲げる行為をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、厚生労働大臣に協議しなければならない。 art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-2 When the Prime Minister intends to conduct the acts stated in the items of Article 70, paragraph (2), the Prime Minister must consult with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、必要があると認めるときは、内閣総理大臣に対し、第七十条第二項各号に掲げる行為をすることを求めることができる。 art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-3 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds it necessary, the Minister may request the Prime Minister to conduct the acts stated in the items of Article 70, paragraph (2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、必要があると認めるときは、厚生労働大臣に対し、第七十条第一項各号に掲げる行為をすることを求めることができる。 art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-4 When the Prime Minister finds it necessary, the Prime Minister may request the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare to conduct the acts stated in the items of Article 70, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-72/par-1: 第七十条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-70/par-1 - art-72/par-2: 第七十条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第七十条第二項 (Article 70, paragraph (2)), art-70/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-70/par-2 - art-72/par-3: 第七十条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第七十条第二項 (Article 70, paragraph (2)), art-70/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-70/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-70/par-2 - art-72/par-4: 第七十条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第七十条第一項 (Article 70, paragraph (1)), art-70/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-70/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-70/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7 --- ## 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