# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第九条 (Article 9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9. 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: 第九条 (Article 9) — address `art-9` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第九条 art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、特定の国若しくは地域において採取され、製造され、加工され、調理され、若しくは貯蔵され、又は特定の者により採取され、製造され、加工され、調理され、若しくは貯蔵される特定の食品又は添加物について、第二十六条第一項から第三項まで又は第二十八条第一項の規定による検査の結果次に掲げる食品又は添加物に該当するものが相当数発見されたこと、生産地における食品衛生上の管理の状況その他の厚生労働省令で定める事由からみて次に掲げる食品又は添加物に該当するものが相当程度含まれるおそれがあると認められる場合において、人の健康を損なうおそれの程度その他の厚生労働省令で定める事項を勘案して、当該特定の食品又は添加物に起因する食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため特に必要があると認めるときは、厚生科学審議会の意見を聴いて、当該特定の食品又は添加物を販売し、又は販売の用に供するために、採取し、製造し、輸入し、加工し、使用し、若しくは調理することを禁止することができる。 art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1 If for specific food or additives collected, produced, processed, cooked, or stored in a specific country or region, or those collected, produced, processed, cooked, or stored by a specific person, as a result of the inspections under the provisions of Article 26, paragraphs (1) through (3), or Article 28, paragraph (1), when it is found that food or additives falling under the following items are likely to be contained to a considerable extent, in light of the fact that a considerable number of food or additives falling under the following items have been discovered and the situation of food sanitation management at the production site or other grounds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and taking into account the extent of risk of causing damage to human health and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that it is particularly necessary for preventing food sanitation hazards caused by the specific food or additives, the Minister may prohibit the specific food or additives from being sold, or collected, produced, imported, processed, used, or cooked for the purpose of selling, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第六条各号に掲げる食品又は添加物 art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1/item-1 food or additives stated in each item of Article 6; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第十二条に規定する食品 art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1/item-2 food prescribed in Article 12; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 第十三条第一項の規定により定められた規格に合わない食品又は添加物 art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1/item-3 food or additives that do not conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 第十三条第一項の規定により定められた基準に合わない方法により添加物を使用した食品 art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1/item-4 food that uses additives by a method that does not conform to the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1); and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "food that use additives by a method that does not conform to the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1); and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **五** 第十三条第三項に規定する食品 art-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1/item-5 food prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (3). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 厚生労働大臣は、前項の規定による禁止をしようとするときは、あらかじめ、関係行政機関の長に協議しなければならない。 art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-2 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare intends to make a prohibition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister must consult with the heads of the relevant administrative organs in advance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による禁止をした場合において、当該禁止に関し利害関係を有する者の申請に基づき、又は必要に応じ、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、当該禁止に係る特定の食品又は添加物に起因する食品衛生上の危害が発生するおそれがないと認めるときは、厚生科学審議会の意見を聴いて、当該禁止の全部又は一部を解除するものとする。 art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-3 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a prohibition under the provisions of paragraph (1) and finds that there is no likelihood of the specific food or additives related to the prohibition to cause food sanitation hazards based on the application from a person having an interest in the prohibition, or as required, the Minister is to revoke the prohibition in whole or in part, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 厚生労働大臣は、第一項の規定による禁止をしたとき、又は前項の規定による禁止の全部若しくは一部の解除をしたときは、官報で告示するものとする。 art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-4 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has ordered a prohibition under the provisions of paragraph (1), or has issued a revocation of the prohibition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph in whole or in part, the Minister is to issue public notice in an Official Gazette. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-9/par-1: 第二十六条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-1 - art-9/par-1: 第二十六条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-2 - art-9/par-1: 第二十六条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第三項 (Article 26, paragraph (3)), art-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-3 - art-9/par-1: 第二十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-28/par-1 - art-9/par-1/item-1: 第六条 → 食品衛生法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6 - art-9/par-1/item-2: 第十二条 → 食品衛生法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-12 - art-9/par-1/item-3: 第十三条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-1 - art-9/par-1/item-4: 第十三条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-1 - art-9/par-1/item-5: 第十三条第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-3 - art-9/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-3: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-4: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1 - art-9/par-4: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-3 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第九条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第九条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-3 - 食品衛生法 第九条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-4 - 食品衛生法 第十七条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-17/par-3 - 食品衛生法 第五十八条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58/par-1/item-2 - 食品衛生法 第五十九条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-2 - 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 第八十三条第一項第二号 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Food Sanitation Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (食品衛生法), Article 9, paragraph (1), item (iv) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), 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