# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第四章 (Chapter 4) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/ch-4. 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: 第四章 (Chapter 4) — address `ch-4` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/ch-4 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/ch-4 - 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. --- ## 第四章　表示及び広告 — Chapter IV Labeling and Advertising heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/ch-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/ch-4 ### 第十九条 art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、一般消費者に対する器具又は容器包装に関する公衆衛生上必要な情報の正確な伝達の見地から、消費者委員会の意見を聴いて、前条第一項の規定により規格又は基準が定められた器具又は容器包装に関する表示につき、必要な基準を定めることができる。 art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-1 The Prime Minister may establish necessary criteria for the labeling of apparatus, or containers and packages for which standards or criteria have been established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, from the viewpoint of accurately conveying necessary information on public health concerning apparatus, or containers and packages to general consumers, after hearing the opinions of the Consumer Commission. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により表示につき基準が定められた器具又は容器包装は、その基準に合う表示がなければ、これを販売し、販売の用に供するために陳列し、又は営業上使用してはならない。 art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-2 Apparatus, or containers and packages for which the criteria for labeling have been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must not be sold, displayed for the purpose of selling, or used for business, if they do not have a labeling that conforms to the criteria. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 販売の用に供する食品及び添加物に関する表示の基準については、食品表示法（平成二十五年法律第七十号）で定めるところによる。 art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-3 Criteria for the labeling of food and additives intended for sale are to be governed by the provisions of the Food Labeling Act (Act No. 70 of 2013). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Criteria for the labeling of food and additives intended for sale is to be governed by the provisions of the Food Labeling Act (Act No. 70 of 2013)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb ### 第二十条 art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-20 **第一項** 食品、添加物、器具又は容器包装に関しては、公衆衛生に危害を及ぼすおそれがある虚偽の又は誇大な表示又は広告をしてはならない。 art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-20/par-1 False or exaggerated labeling or advertising that is likely to cause harm to public health may not be used for food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-19/par-1: 前条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-1 - art-19/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第十九条第一項 (Article 19, paragraph (1)), art-19/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-1 --- ## 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 19, paragraph (3) — 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