# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二章 (Chapter 2)

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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: 第二章 (Chapter 2) — address `ch-2`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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## 第二章　食品及び添加物 — Chapter II Food and Additives
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/ch-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/ch-2</sup>

### 第五条
<sup>art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-5</sup>

**第一項**  販売（不特定又は多数の者に対する販売以外の授与を含む。以下同じ。）の用に供する食品又は添加物の採取、製造、加工、使用、調理、貯蔵、運搬、陳列及び授受は、清潔で衛生的に行われなければならない。
<sup>art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-5/par-1</sup>
Collecting, producing, processing, using, cooking, storing, transporting, displaying, and delivering and receiving of food or additives to be sold (including their provision other than sales to a large number of persons or unspecified persons; the same applies below) must be made in a clean and sanitary manner.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第六条
<sup>art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6</sup>

**第一項**  次に掲げる食品又は添加物は、これを販売し（不特定又は多数の者に授与する販売以外の場合を含む。以下同じ。）、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、調理し、貯蔵し、若しくは陳列してはならない。
<sup>art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6/par-1</sup>
The following food and additives must not be sold (including cases of providing them to a large number of persons or unspecified persons other than by selling; the same applies below), or collected, produced, imported, processed, used, cooked, stored, or displayed for the purpose of selling:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The following food and additives must not be sold (including cases other than providing them to a large number of persons or unspecified persons; the same applies below), or collected, produced, imported, processed, used, cooked, stored, or displayed for the purpose of selling:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

  **一**  腐敗し、若しくは変敗したもの又は未熟であるもの。ただし、一般に人の健康を損なうおそれがなく飲食に適すると認められているものは、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6/par-1/item-1</sup>
  those that are rotten or have deteriorated, or are unripe; provided, however, that this does not apply to those that are unlikely to harm human health in general and are found to be suitable for eating and drinking;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  有毒な、若しくは有害な物質が含まれ、若しくは付着し、又はこれらの疑いがあるもの。ただし、人の健康を損なうおそれがない場合として厚生労働大臣が定める場合においては、この限りでない。
  <sup>art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6/par-1/item-2</sup>
  those that contain toxic or harmful substances or are adhered with those substances, or suspected to contain or adhered with them; provided, however, that this does not apply when the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare specifies that they are unlikely to harm human health;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  病原微生物により汚染され、又はその疑いがあり、人の健康を損なうおそれがあるもの。
  <sup>art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6/par-1/item-3</sup>
  those that are contaminated with pathogens or suspected to be contaminated with them, and are likely to harm human health; and
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  不潔、異物の混入又は添加その他の事由により、人の健康を損なうおそれがあるもの。
  <sup>art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-6/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6/par-1/item-4</sup>
  those that are likely to harm human health due to filth, contamination or addition of foreign substances, or due to other reasons.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "those that are likely to harm human health due to contamination or addition of foreign substances, or due to other reasons." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第七条
<sup>art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、一般に飲食に供されることがなかつた物であつて人の健康を損なうおそれがない旨の確証がないもの又はこれを含む物が新たに食品として販売され、又は販売されることとなつた場合において、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため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、それらの物を食品として販売することを禁止することができる。
<sup>art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-1</sup>
When things that have not been generally served for human consumption and have not been proved to be unlikely to harm human health, or things that include them are newly sold as food or come to be sold as food, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit those things to be sold as food, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, when the Minister finds it necessary for preventing the occurrence of food sanitation hazards.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、一般に食品として飲食に供されている物であつて当該物の通常の方法と著しく異なる方法により飲食に供されているものについて、人の健康を損なうおそれがない旨の確証がなく、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため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、その物を食品として販売することを禁止することができる。
<sup>art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-2</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare finds that there is no positive proof that the things that have been generally served for human consumption and are served in a method significantly different from the normal method for those things are unlikely to harm human health and that it is necessary for preventing the occurrence of food sanitation hazards, the Minister may prohibit those things to be sold as food, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  厚生労働大臣は、食品によるものと疑われる人の健康に係る重大な被害が生じた場合において、当該被害の態様からみて当該食品に当該被害を生ずるおそれのある一般に飲食に供されることがなかつた物が含まれていることが疑われる場合において、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため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、その食品を販売することを禁止することができる。
<sup>art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-3</sup>
When serious damage to human health suspected to have been caused by food has occurred, and it is suspected that the food contains things that have not been generally served for human consumption and are likely to cause harm from the conditions of the damage, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit the sale of the food, after hearing the opinions of the Health Science Council, when the Minister finds it necessary for preventing the occurrence of food sanitation hazards.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  厚生労働大臣は、前三項の規定による販売の禁止をした場合において、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、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、当該禁止に係る物又は食品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。
<sup>art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-4</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a prohibition of sales under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs and finds that there is no likelihood of food sanitation hazards caused by things or food related to the prohibition to occur 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 Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  厚生労働大臣は、第一項から第三項までの規定による販売の禁止をしたとき、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。
<sup>art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-5</sup>
When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare has made a prohibition of sales under the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3), or has revoked the prohibition under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister is to issue public notice in an Official Gazette to that effect.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第八条
<sup>art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8</sup>

**第一項**  食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止する見地から特別の注意を必要とする成分又は物であつて、厚生労働大臣及び内閣総理大臣が食品衛生基準審議会の意見を聴いて指定したもの（第三項及び第七十条第五項において「指定成分等」という。）を含む食品（以下この項において「指定成分等含有食品」という。）を取り扱う営業者は、その取り扱う指定成分等含有食品が人の健康に被害を生じ、又は生じさせるおそれがある旨の情報を得た場合は、当該情報を、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、都道府県知事、保健所を設置する市の市長又は特別区の区長（以下「都道府県知事等」という。）に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8/par-1</sup>
When a business operator that handles food containing ingredients or substances that require special attention from the viewpoint of preventing food sanitation hazards and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister have designated after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council (referred to as "designated ingredients, etc." in paragraph (3) and Article 70, paragraph (5)) (referred to as "food containing designated ingredients, etc." below in this paragraph) obtains information that the food containing designated ingredients, etc. handled by them causes or may cause harm to human health, they must notify a prefectural governor, a mayor of the city with public health centers or a mayor of the special ward (referred to below as the "prefectural governor, etc.") of that information without delay pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business operator that handles food containing ingredients or substances that require special attention from the viewpoint of preventing food sanitation hazards and the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister have designated (referred to as "food containing designated ingredients, etc." below in this paragraph) after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council (referred to as "designated ingredients, etc." in paragraph (3) and Article 70, paragraph (5)) obtains information that the food containing designated ingredients, etc. handled by them causes or may cause harm to human health, they must notify a prefectural governor, a mayor of the city with public health centers or a mayor of the special ward (referred to below as the "prefectural governor, etc.") of that information without delay pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第二項**  都道府県知事等は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、当該届出に係る事項を厚生労働大臣に報告しなければならない。
<sup>art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8/par-2</sup>
When a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been given, the prefectural governor, etc. must report the matters related to the notification to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  医師、歯科医師、薬剤師その他の関係者は、指定成分等の摂取によるものと疑われる人の健康に係る被害の把握に努めるとともに、都道府県知事等が、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため指定成分等の摂取によるものと疑われる人の健康に係る被害に関する調査を行う場合において、当該調査に関し必要な協力を要請されたときは、当該要請に応じ、当該被害に関する情報の提供その他必要な協力をするよう努めなければならない。
<sup>art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8/par-3</sup>
Physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and other relevant persons must endeavor to grasp the state of damage to human health suspected of being caused by the ingestion of designated ingredients, etc., and when the prefectural governor, etc. conducts investigation of the damage to human health suspected of being caused by the ingestion of designated ingredients, etc. to prevent food sanitation hazards, and requests necessary cooperation for the investigation, they must endeavor to provide information on the damage or other necessary cooperation, in response to the request.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第九条
<sup>art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-1</sup>
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:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第六条各号に掲げる食品又は添加物
  <sup>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</sup>
  food or additives stated in each item of Article 6;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第十二条に規定する食品
  <sup>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</sup>
  food prescribed in Article 12;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **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
  <sup>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</sup>
  food or additives that do not conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (1);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **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
  <sup>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</sup>
  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
  <sup>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</sup>

  **五**  第十三条第三項に規定する食品
  <sup>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</sup>
  food prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (3).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-2</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-3</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**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。
<sup>art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-9/par-4</sup>
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.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十条
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10</sup>

**第一項**  第一号若しくは第三号に掲げる疾病にかかり、若しくはその疑いがあり、第一号若しくは第三号に掲げる異常があり、又はへい死した獣畜（と畜場法（昭和二十八年法律第百十四号）第三条第一項に規定する獣畜及び厚生労働省令で定めるその他の物をいう。以下同じ。）の肉、骨、乳、臓器及び血液又は第二号若しくは第三号に掲げる疾病にかかり、若しくはその疑いがあり、第二号若しくは第三号に掲げる異常があり、又はへい死した家きん（食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律（平成二年法律第七十号）第二条第一号に規定する食鳥及び厚生労働省令で定めるその他の物をいう。以下同じ。）の肉、骨及び臓器は、厚生労働省令で定める場合を除き、これを食品として販売し、又は食品として販売の用に供するために、採取し、加工し、使用し、調理し、貯蔵し、若しくは陳列してはならない。ただし、へい死した獣畜又は家きんの肉、骨及び臓器であつて、当該職員が、人の健康を損なうおそれがなく飲食に適すると認めたものは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1</sup>
The meat, bones, milk, organs, and blood of livestock (meaning livestock defined in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Slaughterhouse Act (Act No. 114 of 1953) and other animals specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies below) that have contracted or are suspected to have contracted a disease stated in item (i) or (iii), have an abnormality stated in item (i) or (iii), or have fallen dead, or the meat, bones, and organs of poultry (meaning poultry defined in Article 2, item (i) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act (Act No. 70 of 1990) and other birds specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; the same applies below) that have contracted or are suspected to have contracted a disease stated in item (ii) or (iii), have an abnormality stated in item (ii) or (iii), or have fallen dead, must not be sold as food, or collected, processed, used, cooked, stored, or displayed as food for the purpose of selling, excluding cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; provided, however, that this does not apply to the meat, bones, and organs of livestock or poultry that have fallen dead which the ministry's officials find unlikely to harm human health and are suitable for eating and drinking.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  と畜場法第十四条第六項各号に掲げる疾病又は異常
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-1</sup>
  disease or abnormality stated in the items of Article 14, paragraph (6) of the Slaughterhouse Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律第十五条第四項各号に掲げる疾病又は異常
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-2</sup>
  disease or abnormality stated in the items of Article 15, paragraph (4) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  前二号に掲げる疾病又は異常以外の疾病又は異常であつて厚生労働省令で定めるもの
  <sup>art-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-3</sup>
  disease or abnormality other than one stated in the preceding two items which are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  獣畜の肉、乳及び臓器並びに家きんの肉及び臓器並びに厚生労働省令で定めるこれらの製品（以下この項において「獣畜の肉等」という。）は、輸出国の政府機関によつて発行され、かつ、前項各号に掲げる疾病にかかり、若しくはその疑いがあり、同項各号に掲げる異常があり、又はへい死した獣畜の肉、乳若しくは臓器若しくは家きんの肉若しくは臓器又はこれらの製品でない旨その他厚生労働省令で定める事項（以下この項において「衛生事項」という。）を記載した証明書又はその写しを添付したものでなければ、これを食品として販売の用に供するために輸入してはならない。ただし、厚生労働省令で定める国から輸入する獣畜の肉等であつて、当該獣畜の肉等に係る衛生事項が当該国の政府機関から電気通信回線を通じて、厚生労働省の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。）に送信され、当該電子計算機に備えられたファイルに記録されたものについては、この限りでない。
<sup>art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-2</sup>
The meat, milk, and organs of livestock, and the meat and organs of poultry, and their products specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "livestock meat, etc." below in this paragraph) must not be imported as food for the purpose of selling, unless they are attached with a certificate issued by a governmental organization of an exporting country or its copy stating that they are not the meat, milk, or organs of livestock, or the meat or organs of poultry, or their products that have contracted or are suspected to have contracted a disease stated in each item of the preceding paragraph, have an abnormality stated in each item of that paragraph, or have fallen dead, and stating other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "matters on sanitation" below in this paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply to livestock meat, etc. imported from a country specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the matters on sanitation for the livestock meat, etc. have been sent from a governmental organization of the country via a telecommunications line to a computer used by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (including an input and output device) and have been recorded in a file stored on the computer.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The meat, milk, and organs of livestock, and the meat and organs of poultry, and their products specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "livestock meat, etc." below in this paragraph) must not be imported as food for the purpose of selling, unless they are attached with a certificate issued by a governmental organization of an exporting country or its copy stating that they are not the meat, milk, or organs of livestock, or the meat or organs of poultry, or their products that have contracted or are suspected to have contracted a disease stated in each item of the preceding paragraph, have an abnormality stated in each item of that paragraph, or have fallen dead, and state other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "matters on sanitation" below in this paragraph); provided, however, that this does not apply to livestock meat, etc. imported from a country specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the matters on sanitation for the livestock meat, etc. have been sent from a governmental organization of the country via a telecommunications line to a computer used by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (including an input and output device) and have been recorded in a file stored on the computer." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第十一条
<sup>art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するために特に重要な工程を管理するための措置が講じられていることが必要なものとして厚生労働省令で定める食品又は添加物は、当該措置が講じられていることが確実であるものとして厚生労働大臣が定める国若しくは地域又は施設において製造し、又は加工されたものでなければ、これを販売の用に供するために輸入してはならない。
<sup>art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11/par-1</sup>
The food and additives specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as those that require measures to control particularly important processes for preventing food sanitation hazards to be taken, must not be imported for the purpose of selling, unless they have been produced or processed in a country or region, or facilities specified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as being certain that those measures have been taken.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  第六条各号に掲げる食品又は添加物のいずれにも該当しないことその他厚生労働省令で定める事項を確認するために生産地における食品衛生上の管理の状況の証明が必要であるものとして厚生労働省令で定める食品又は添加物は、輸出国の政府機関によつて発行され、かつ、当該事項を記載した証明書又はその写しを添付したものでなければ、これを販売の用に供するために輸入してはならない。
<sup>art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11/par-2</sup>
The food and additives specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as those that require proof of the state of food sanitation management at the production site to confirm that they do not fall under any of the food and additives stated in the items of Article 6 and confirm other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must not be imported for the purpose of selling, unless they are attached with a certificate issued by a governmental organization of the exporting country, and stating those matters, or its copy.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The food and additives specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as those that require proof of the state of food sanitation management at the production site to confirm that they do not fall under any of the food and additives stated in the items of Article 6 and confirm other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must not be imported for the purpose of selling, unless they are attached with a certificate issued by a governmental organization of the exporting country, and state those matters, or its copy." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第十二条
<sup>art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  人の健康を損なうおそれのない場合として内閣総理大臣が食品衛生基準審議会の意見を聴いて定める場合を除いては、添加物（天然香料及び一般に食品として飲食に供されている物であつて添加物として使用されるものを除く。）並びにこれを含む製剤及び食品は、これを販売し、又は販売の用に供するために、製造し、輸入し、加工し、使用し、貯蔵し、若しくは陳列してはならない。
<sup>art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-12/par-1</sup>
Additives (excluding natural flavoring agents and things that have been generally served for human consumption, and are used as additives) and formulations and food containing those additives must not be sold or be produced, imported, processed, used, stored, or displayed for the purpose of selling, unless the Prime Minister specifies them as those unlikely to harm human health after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第十三条
<sup>art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、公衆衛生の見地から、食品衛生基準審議会の意見を聴いて、販売の用に供する食品若しくは添加物の製造、加工、使用、調理若しくは保存の方法につき基準を定め、又は販売の用に供する食品若しくは添加物の成分につき規格を定めることができる。
<sup>art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-1</sup>
The Prime Minister may establish the criteria for the method of producing, processing, using, cooking, or preserving food or additives to be sold, or the standards for the ingredients of food or additives to be sold, from the viewpoint of public health, after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により基準又は規格が定められたときは、その基準に合わない方法により食品若しくは添加物を製造し、加工し、使用し、調理し、若しくは保存し、その基準に合わない方法による食品若しくは添加物を販売し、若しくは輸入し、又はその規格に合わない食品若しくは添加物を製造し、輸入し、加工し、使用し、調理し、保存し、若しくは販売してはならない。
<sup>art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-2</sup>
When the criteria or standards have been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, food or additives must not be produced, processed, used, cooked, or preserved using a method that does not conform to the criteria, food or additives made using a method that does not conform to the criteria must not be sold or imported, and food or additives that do not conform to the standards must not be produced, imported, processed, used, cooked, preserved, or sold.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the criteria or standards have been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, food or additives must not be produced, processed, used, cooked, or preserved using a method that does not conform to the criteria, food or additives that do not conform to the criteria must not be sold or imported, and food or additives that do not conform to the standards must not be produced, imported, processed, used, cooked, preserved, or sold." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第三項**  農薬（農薬取締法（昭和二十三年法律第八十二号）第二条第一項に規定する農薬をいう。次条において同じ。）、飼料の安全性の確保及び品質の改善に関する法律（昭和二十八年法律第三十五号）第二条第三項の規定に基づく農林水産省令で定める用途に供することを目的として飼料（同条第二項に規定する飼料をいう。）に添加、混和、浸潤その他の方法によつて用いられる物及び医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律第二条第一項に規定する医薬品であつて動物のために使用されることが目的とされているものの成分である物質（その物質が化学的に変化して生成した物質を含み、人の健康を損なうおそれのないことが明らかであるものとして内閣総理大臣が定める物質を除く。）が、人の健康を損なうおそれのない量として内閣総理大臣が食品衛生基準審議会の意見を聴いて定める量を超えて残留する食品は、これを販売の用に供するために製造し、輸入し、加工し、使用し、調理し、保存し、又は販売してはならない。ただし、当該物質の当該食品に残留する量の限度について第一項の食品の成分に係る規格が定められている場合については、この限りでない。
<sup>art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-3</sup>
Food in which agricultural chemicals (meaning agricultural chemicals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act (Act No. 82 of 1948), the same applies in the following Article), substances that are used by being added, mixed or infiltrated into feed (meaning feed prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed (Act No. 35 of 1953)) or are used by other methods for the purpose of usage specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries based on Article 2, paragraph (3) of that Act, and substances that are ingredients of pharmaceuticals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and are to be used for animals (including substances generated by chemical change of that substance, and excluding those specified by the Prime Minister as those clearly not likely to harm human health) remain in a quantity exceeding the quantity that the Prime Minister has specified as being unlikely to harm human health after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council, must not be produced, imported, processed, used, cooked, or preserved for the purpose of selling, or be sold; provided, however, that this does not apply when standards for the ingredients of food referred to in paragraph (1) have been established concerning the limit of the amount of residue of those substances in the food.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Food in which agricultural chemicals (meaning agricultural chemicals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Act (Act No. 82 of 1948), the same applies in the following Article), substances that are used by being added, mixed or infiltrated into feed (meaning feed prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed (Act No. 35 of 1953)) or are used by other methods for the purpose of usage specified by Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries based on Article 2, paragraph (3) of that Article, and substances that are ingredients of pharmaceuticals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and are to be used for animals (including substances generated by chemical change of that substance, and excluding those specified by the Prime Minister as those clearly not likely to harm human health) remain in a quantity exceeding the quantity that the Prime Minister has specified as being unlikely to harm human health after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council, must not be produced, imported, processed, used, cooked, preserved, for the purpose of selling, or be sold; provided, however, that this does not apply when standards for the ingredients of food referred to in paragraph (1) have been established concerning the limit of the amount of residue of those substances in the food." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第十四条
<sup>art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、前条第一項の食品の成分に係る規格として、食品に残留する農薬、飼料の安全性の確保及び品質の改善に関する法律第二条第三項に規定する飼料添加物又は医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律第二条第一項に規定する医薬品であつて専ら動物のために使用されることが目的とされているもの（以下この条において「農薬等」という。）の成分である物質（その物質が化学的に変化して生成した物質を含む。）の量の限度を定めるとき、同法第二条第九項に規定する再生医療等製品であつて専ら動物のために使用されることが目的とされているもの（以下この条において「動物用再生医療等製品」という。）が使用された対象動物（同法第八十三条第一項の規定により読み替えられた同法第十四条第二項第三号ロに規定する対象動物をいう。）の肉、乳その他の生産物について食用に供することができる範囲を定めるときその他必要があると認めるときは、農林水産大臣に対し、農薬等の成分又は動物用再生医療等製品の構成細胞、導入遺伝子その他内閣府令で定めるものに関する資料の提供その他必要な協力を求めることができる。
<sup>art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14/par-1</sup>
When the Prime Minister establishes a limit on the amount of substances (including substances generated by the chemical change of those substances) that are ingredients of agricultural chemicals, feed additives defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed, or pharmaceuticals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "agricultural chemicals, etc." below in this Article) which remain in food, as standards for the ingredients of food referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and specifies the scope of meat, milk and other products of the target animals (meaning the target animals prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item (b) of that Act pursuant to Article 83, paragraph (1) of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms) for which regenerative medicine products defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of that Act which are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "animal regenerative medicine products" below in this Article) have been used, and in other cases the Prime Minister finds to be necessary, the Prime Minister may request the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to provide materials on the ingredients of the agricultural chemicals, etc. or the component cells and transgenes of the animal regenerative medicine products, or other things specified by Cabinet Office Order, and provide other necessary cooperation.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the Prime Minister establishes a limit on the amount of substances (including substances generated by the chemical change of those substances) that are ingredients of feed additives defined in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on Safety Assurance and Quality Improvement of Feed, or pharmaceuticals defined in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices and are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "agricultural chemicals, etc." below in this Article) which remain in food, as standards for the ingredients of food referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, and specifies the scope of meat, milk and other products of the target animals (meaning the target animals prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (2), item (iii), sub-item (b) of that Act pursuant to Article 83, paragraph (1) of that Act following the deemed replacement of terms) for which regenerative medicine products defined in Article 2, paragraph (9) of that Act which are to be used for the purpose of using solely for animals (referred to as "animal regenerative medicine products" below in this Article) have been used, and in other cases the Prime Minister finds to be necessary, the Prime Minister may request the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to provide materials on the ingredients of the agricultural chemicals, etc. or the component cells and transgenes of the animal regenerative medicine products, or other things specified by Cabinet Office Order, and provide other necessary cooperation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

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- art-7/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-2
- art-7/par-5: 第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-3
- art-7/par-5: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第七条第四項 (Article 7, paragraph (4)), art-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-4
- art-8/par-1: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第八条第三項 (Article 8, paragraph (3)), art-8/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8/par-3
- art-8/par-1: 第七十条第五項 → 食品衛生法 第七十条第五項 (Article 70, paragraph (5)), art-70/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-70/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-70/par-5
- art-8/par-1: この項 → 食品衛生法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8/par-1
- art-8/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-8/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
- art-10/par-1: 第一号 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項第一号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-10/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-1
- art-10/par-1: 第三号 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項第三号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-10/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-3
- art-10/par-1: と畜場法（昭和二十八年法律第百十四号）第三条第一項 → e-Gov law 328AC0000000114, 第三条第一項 (Article 3, paragraph (1)), art-3/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-10/par-1: 第二号 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項第二号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-10/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-2
- art-10/par-1: 食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律（平成二年法律第七十号）第二条第一号 → e-Gov law 402AC0000000070, 第二条第一項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-2/par-1/item-1 — not held in this collection
- art-10/par-1/item-2: 食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律第十五条第四項 → e-Gov law 402AC0000000070, 第十五条第四項 (Article 15, paragraph (4)), art-15/par-4 — not held in this collection
- art-10/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項第一号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-10/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-1
- art-10/par-1/item-3: 前二号 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項第二号 (Article 10, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-10/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1/item-2
- art-10/par-2: この項 → 食品衛生法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-2
- art-10/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1
- art-11/par-2: 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-13/par-2: 前項 → 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-13/par-3: 農薬取締法（昭和二十三年法律第八十二号）第二条第一項 → e-Gov law 323AC0000000082, 第二条第一項 (Article 2, paragraph (1)), art-2/par-1 — not held in this collection
- art-13/par-3: 次条 → 食品衛生法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14
- art-13/par-3: 飼料の安全性の確保及び品質の改善に関する法律（昭和二十八年法律第三十五号）第二条第三項 → e-Gov law 328AC1000000035, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-13/par-3: 同条第二項 → e-Gov law 328AC1000000035, 第二条第二項 (Article 2, paragraph (2)), art-2/par-2 — not held in this collection
- art-13/par-3: 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-14/par-1: 前条第一項 → 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-14/par-1: 飼料の安全性の確保及び品質の改善に関する法律第二条第三項 → e-Gov law 328AC1000000035, 第二条第三項 (Article 2, paragraph (3)), art-2/par-3 — not held in this collection
- art-14/par-1: この条 → 食品衛生法 第十四条 (Article 14), art-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-14

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