# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第九章 (Chapter 9)

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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: 第九章 (Chapter 9) — address `ch-9`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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## 第九章　営業 — Chapter IX Business
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/ch-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/ch-9</sup>

### 第四十八条
<sup>art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48</sup>

**第一項**  乳製品、第十二条の規定により内閣総理大臣が定めた添加物その他製造又は加工の過程において特に衛生上の考慮を必要とする食品又は添加物であつて政令で定めるものの製造又は加工を行う営業者は、その製造又は加工を衛生的に管理させるため、その施設ごとに、専任の食品衛生管理者を置かなければならない。ただし、営業者が自ら食品衛生管理者となつて管理する施設については、この限りでない。
<sup>art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-1</sup>
A business operator that produces or processes dairy products, additives specified by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, or other food or additives that require sanitary consideration in particular in the process of production or processing, which are specified by Cabinet Order, must have a full-time food sanitation supervisor for each facility to supervise the production or processing in a sanitary manner; provided, however, that this does not apply to facilities which the business operator personally supervises as a food sanitation supervisor.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A business operator that produces or processes dairy products, additives specified by the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, or other food or additives that require sanitary consideration in particular in the process of production or processing, which are specified by Cabinet Order, must have a full-time food sanitation supervisor for each facility to supervise the production or processing in a sanitary manner; provided, however, that this does not apply to facilities which the business operator personally supervises the facility as a food sanitation supervisor." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第二項**  営業者が、前項の規定により食品衛生管理者を置かなければならない製造業又は加工業を二以上の施設で行う場合において、その施設が隣接しているときは、食品衛生管理者は、同項の規定にかかわらず、その二以上の施設を通じて一人で足りる。
<sup>art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-2</sup>
If a business operator conducts production or processing business that requires having a full-time food sanitation supervisor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph at two or more facilities, and those facilities are adjacent to each other, it is sufficient to have one food sanitation supervisor for those two or more facilities, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a business operator conducts production or processing business that require to have a full-time food sanitation supervisor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph at two or more facilities, and those facilities are adjacent to each other, it is sufficient to have one food sanitation supervisor for those two or more facilities, notwithstanding the provisions of that paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第三項**  食品衛生管理者は、当該施設においてその管理に係る食品又は添加物に関してこの法律又はこの法律に基づく命令若しくは処分に係る違反が行われないように、その食品又は添加物の製造又は加工に従事する者を監督しなければならない。
<sup>art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-3</sup>
A food sanitation supervisor must supervise persons who are engaged in the production or processing of food or additives at the facility to prevent violations of this Act, or orders or dispositions based on this Act concerning the food or additives that the food sanitation supervisor supervises.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第四項**  食品衛生管理者は、前項に定めるもののほか、当該施設においてその管理に係る食品又は添加物に関してこの法律又はこの法律に基づく命令若しくは処分に係る違反の防止及び食品衛生上の危害の発生の防止のため、当該施設における衛生管理の方法その他の食品衛生に関する事項につき、必要な注意をするとともに、営業者に対し必要な意見を述べなければならない。
<sup>art-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-4</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, a food sanitation supervisor must pay necessary attention to sanitation management method at the facility and other matters concerning food sanitation, in order to prevent violations of this Act or orders or dispositions based on this Act and prevent food sanitation hazards concerning the food or additives the food sanitation supervisor manages at the facility, and express necessary opinions to a business operator.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第五項**  営業者は、その施設に食品衛生管理者を置いたときは、前項の規定による食品衛生管理者の意見を尊重しなければならない。
<sup>art-48/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-5</sup>
When a food sanitation supervisor has been placed at a facility, a business operator must respect the opinions of the food sanitation supervisor expressed under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第六項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者でなければ、食品衛生管理者となることができない。
<sup>art-48/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-6</sup>
Only persons falling under any of the following items may become a food sanitation supervisor:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  医師、歯科医師、薬剤師又は獣医師
  <sup>art-48/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-6/item-1</sup>
  a physician, dentist, pharmacist, or veterinarian;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  学校教育法（昭和二十二年法律第二十六号）に基づく大学、旧大学令（大正七年勅令第三百八十八号）に基づく大学又は旧専門学校令（明治三十六年勅令第六十一号）に基づく専門学校において医学、歯学、薬学、獣医学、畜産学、水産学又は農芸化学の課程を修めて卒業した者（当該課程を修めて同法に基づく専門職大学の前期課程を修了した者を含む。）
  <sup>art-48/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-6/item-2</sup>
  a person who has graduated from a university under the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947), a university under the former University Order (Imperial Order No. 388 of 1918), or a technical college under the former Technical College Order (Imperial Order No. 61 of 1903) after completing a course in medical science, dentistry, pharmacy, veterinary medicine, animal science, fisheries science, or agricultural chemistry (including a person who has completed the course and has completed the first-semester course of a professional and vocational university under that Act);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  都道府県知事の登録を受けた食品衛生管理者の養成施設において所定の課程を修了した者
  <sup>art-48/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-6/item-3</sup>
  a person who has completed the prescribed course at a training institute for food sanitation supervisors that has obtained registration from a prefectural governor;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **四**  学校教育法に基づく高等学校若しくは中等教育学校若しくは旧中等学校令（昭和十八年勅令第三十六号）に基づく中等学校を卒業した者又は厚生労働省令で定めるところによりこれらの者と同等以上の学力があると認められる者で、第一項の規定により食品衛生管理者を置かなければならない製造業又は加工業において食品又は添加物の製造又は加工の衛生管理の業務に三年以上従事し、かつ、都道府県知事の登録を受けた講習会の課程を修了した者
  <sup>art-48/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-6/item-4</sup>
  a person who has graduated from a high school or secondary education school under the School Education Act or a secondary school under the former Secondary School Order (Imperial Order No. 36 of 1943), or a person who is found to have equal or higher scholastic ability than those persons pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and has been engaged in sanitation management of production or processing of food or additives for three years or more at a production business or processing business for which full-time food sanitation supervisors are required to be placed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), and, has completed the training session that has obtained the registration from a prefectural governor.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a person who has graduated from a high school or secondary education school under the School Education Act or a secondary school under the former Secondary School Order (Imperial Order No. 36 of 1943), or a person who is found to have equal or higher scholastic ability than those persons pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and has been engaged in sanitation management of production or processing of food or additives for three years or more at a production business or processing business for which full-time food sanitation supervisors are required to be placed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), and, has completed the training session that have obtained the registration from a prefectural governor." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第七項**  前項第四号に該当することにより食品衛生管理者たる資格を有する者は、衛生管理の業務に三年以上従事した製造業又は加工業と同種の製造業又は加工業の施設においてのみ、食品衛生管理者となることができる。
<sup>art-48/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-7</sup>
A person who possesses the qualifications of a food sanitation supervisor because the person falls under item (iv) of the preceding paragraph may become a food sanitation supervisor only at a facility for the same type of production business or processing business as the business for which the person has been engaged in sanitation management work for three years or more.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第八項**  第一項に規定する営業者は、食品衛生管理者を置き、又は自ら食品衛生管理者となつたときは、十五日以内に、その施設の所在地の都道府県知事に、その食品衛生管理者の氏名又は自ら食品衛生管理者となつた旨その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を届け出なければならない。食品衛生管理者を変更したときも、同様とする。
<sup>art-48/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-8</sup>
When a business operator prescribed in paragraph (1) has placed a food sanitation supervisor or has become a food sanitation supervisor themselves at their facility, they must notify the prefectural governor that has jurisdiction over the locality of the facility of the name of the food sanitation supervisor or the fact that the business operator themselves have become a food sanitation supervisor and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare within 15 days. The same applies when the business operator has changed the food sanitation supervisor.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第四十九条
<sup>art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-49</sup>

**第一項**  前条第六項第三号の養成施設又は同項第四号の講習会の登録に関して必要な事項は政令で、受講科目その他同項第三号の養成施設又は同項第四号の講習会の課程に関して必要な事項は厚生労働省令で定める。
<sup>art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-49/par-1</sup>
Necessary matters concerning registration of training facilities referred to in paragraph (6), item (iii) of the preceding Article or registration of training sessions referred to in item (iv) of that paragraph are specified by Cabinet Order, and the subjects to be taken and other necessary matters concerning courses at training facilities referred to in item (iii) of that paragraph and courses for training sessions referred to in item (iv) of that paragraph are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十条
<sup>art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-50</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、食品又は添加物の製造又は加工の過程において有毒な又は有害な物質が当該食品又は添加物に混入することを防止するための措置に関し必要な基準を定めることができる。
<sup>art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-50/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may establish the necessary criteria concerning measures to prevent toxic or harmful substances from getting mixed into the food or additives in the process of the production or processing of food or additives.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  営業者（食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律第六条第一項に規定する食鳥処理業者を除く。）は、前項の規定により基準が定められたときは、これを遵守しなければならない。
<sup>art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-50/par-2</sup>
When criteria have been established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a business operator (excluding poultry slaughterers prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act) must comply with the criteria.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十一条
<sup>art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、営業（器具又は容器包装を製造する営業及び食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律第二条第五号に規定する食鳥処理の事業（第五十四条及び第五十七条第一項において「食鳥処理の事業」という。）を除く。）の施設の衛生的な管理その他公衆衛生上必要な措置（以下この条において「公衆衛生上必要な措置」という。）について、厚生労働省令で、次に掲げる事項に関する基準を定めるものとする。
<sup>art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to establish criteria for the following matters related to the sanitary management of facilities for business (excluding businesses that manufacture apparatus, or containers and packages and businesses of poultry slaughtering defined in Article 2, item (v) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act (referred to as "poultry slaughtering businesses" in Article 54 and Article 57, paragraph (1))) and other necessary measures for public health (referred to as "measures necessary for public health" below in this Article) under 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: "The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to establish criteria for the following matters related to the sanitary management of facilities for business (excluding business that manufacture apparatus, or containers and packages and businesses of poultry slaughtering defined in Article 2, item (v) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act (referred to as "poultry slaughtering businesses" in Article 54 and Article 57, paragraph (1))) and other necessary measures for public health (referred to as "measures necessary for public health" below in this Article") under Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

  **一**  施設の内外の清潔保持、ねずみ及び昆虫の駆除その他一般的な衛生管理に関すること。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-1/item-1</sup>
  matters concerning the maintenance of cleanliness and extermination of rats and insects of the interior and exterior of the facilities, and other general sanitation management;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  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取組（小規模な営業者（器具又は容器包装を製造する営業者及び食鳥処理の事業の規制及び食鳥検査に関する法律第六条第一項に規定する食鳥処理業者を除く。次項において同じ。）その他の政令で定める営業者にあつては、その取り扱う食品の特性に応じた取組）に関すること。
  <sup>art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-1/item-2</sup>
  matters concerning initiatives to control processes that are particularly important for preventing food sanitation hazards (for a small scale business operator (excluding a business operator that manufactures apparatus, or containers and packages, and a poultry slaughterer prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act; the same applies in the following paragraph) and other business operators specified by Cabinet Order, initiatives in accordance with the characteristics of the food handled by the business operator).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  営業者は、前項の規定により定められた基準に従い、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより公衆衛生上必要な措置を定め、これを遵守しなければならない。
<sup>art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-2</sup>
A business operator must establish the necessary measures for public health in compliance with the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and comply with those measures.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  都道府県知事等は、公衆衛生上必要な措置について、第一項の規定により定められた基準に反しない限り、条例で必要な規定を定めることができる。
<sup>art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-3</sup>
The prefectural governor, etc. may establish necessary provisions on necessary measures for public health by Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, provided that the provisions do not violate the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十二条
<sup>art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣は、器具又は容器包装を製造する営業の施設の衛生的な管理その他公衆衛生上必要な措置（以下この条において「公衆衛生上必要な措置」という。）について、厚生労働省令で、次に掲げる事項に関する基準を定めるものとする。
<sup>art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-1</sup>
The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare is to establish criteria for the following matters related to the sanitary management of facilities for business that manufactures apparatus, or containers and packages, and other necessary measures for public health (referred to as "measures necessary for public health" below in this Article) under Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  施設の内外の清潔保持その他一般的な衛生管理に関すること。
  <sup>art-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-1/item-1</sup>
  matters concerning the maintenance of the cleanliness and other general sanitation management of the interior and exterior of the facilities;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するために必要な適正に製造を管理するための取組に関すること。
  <sup>art-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-1/item-2</sup>
  matters concerning measures to appropriately manage manufacturing necessary for preventing occurrence of food sanitation hazards.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  器具又は容器包装を製造する営業者は、前項の規定により定められた基準（第十八条第三項に規定する政令で定める材質以外の材質の原材料のみが使用された器具又は容器包装を製造する営業者にあつては、前項第一号に掲げる事項に限る。）に従い、公衆衛生上必要な措置を講じなければならない。
<sup>art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-2</sup>
A business operator that manufactures apparatus, or containers and packages must take necessary measures for public health in compliance with the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (for a business operator that manufactures apparatus, or containers and packages made only from raw materials of materials other than those specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3), limited to the matters stated in item (i) of the preceding paragraph).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  都道府県知事等は、公衆衛生上必要な措置について、第一項の規定により定められた基準に反しない限り、条例で必要な規定を定めることができる。
<sup>art-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-3</sup>
The prefectural governor, etc. may establish necessary provisions on necessary measures for public health by Prefectural or Municipal Ordinance, provided that the provisions do not violate the criteria established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十三条
<sup>art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53</sup>

**第一項**  第十八条第三項に規定する政令で定める材質の原材料が使用された器具又は容器包装を販売し、又は販売の用に供するために製造し、若しくは輸入する者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その取り扱う器具又は容器包装の販売の相手方に対し、当該取り扱う器具又は容器包装が次の各号のいずれかに該当する旨を説明しなければならない。
<sup>art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53/par-1</sup>
A person who sells, or manufactures or imports for the purpose of selling, apparatus, or containers and packages made from raw materials of materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3), pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, must explain that the apparatus, or containers and packages the person handles falls under either of the following items to the other party to the sale:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第十八条第三項に規定する政令で定める材質の原材料について、同条第一項の規定により定められた規格に適合しているもののみを使用した器具又は容器包装であること。
  <sup>art-53/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53/par-1/item-1</sup>
  for the raw materials of materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3), the apparatus, or containers and packages have been manufactured by using only raw materials that conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "for the raw materials of materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3), the apparatus, containers or packages have been manufactured by using only raw materials that conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

  **二**  第十八条第三項ただし書に規定する加工がされている器具又は容器包装であること。
  <sup>art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53/par-1/item-2</sup>
  the apparatus, or containers and packages have undergone processing prescribed in the proviso to Article 18, paragraph (3).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  器具又は容器包装の原材料であつて、第十八条第三項に規定する政令で定める材質のものを販売し、又は販売の用に供するために製造し、若しくは輸入する者は、当該原材料を使用して器具又は容器包装を製造する者から、当該原材料が同条第一項の規定により定められた規格に適合しているものである旨の確認を求められた場合には、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、必要な説明をするよう努めなければならない。
<sup>art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53/par-2</sup>
When a person who sells, or produces or imports for the purpose of selling, raw materials of apparatus, or containers and packages and made from materials specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 18, paragraph (3) receives a request from a person who manufactures apparatus, or containers and packages using those raw materials for confirmation that the raw materials conform to the standards established pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article, they must endeavor to provide necessary explanations 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>

### 第五十四条
<sup>art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県は、公衆衛生に与える影響が著しい営業（食鳥処理の事業を除く。）であつて、政令で定めるものの施設につき、厚生労働省令で定める基準を参酌して、条例で、公衆衛生の見地から必要な基準を定めなければならない。
<sup>art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54/par-1</sup>
Prefectures must establish criteria necessary from the viewpoint of public health for facilities of the business that have a significant impact on public health (excluding poultry slaughtering businesses) and are specified by Cabinet Order by Prefectural Ordinance, taking into consideration the criteria specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十五条
<sup>art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55</sup>

**第一項**  前条に規定する営業を営もうとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事の許可を受けなければならない。
<sup>art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1</sup>
A person who seeks to conduct a business prescribed in the preceding Article must obtain approval from the prefectural governor 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: "A person who seeks to conduct a business prescribed in the preceding Article must obtain a license from the prefectural governor 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**  前項の場合において、都道府県知事は、その営業の施設が前条の規定による基準に合うと認めるときは、許可をしなければならない。ただし、同条に規定する営業を営もうとする者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、同項の許可を与えないことができる。
<sup>art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2</sup>
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must grant approval when the prefectural governor finds that the business facilities conform to the criteria under the provisions of the preceding Article; provided, however, that the prefectural governor may refuse to grant the approval referred to in that paragraph when the person who seeks to conduct the business prescribed in the preceding Article falls under any of the following items:
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must grant a license when the prefectural governor finds that the business facilities conform to the criteria under the provisions of the preceding Article; provided, however, that the prefectural governor may not grant the license referred to in that paragraph when the person who seeks to conduct the business prescribed in the preceding Article falls under any of the following items:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

  **一**  この法律又はこの法律に基づく処分に違反して刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して二年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-1</sup>
  a person who has been punished for violating this Act or a disposition based on this Act, and two years have not passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence;
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第五十九条から第六十一条までの規定により許可を取り消され、その取消しの日から起算して二年を経過しない者
  <sup>art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-2</sup>
  a person who has had their approval revoked pursuant to the provisions of Articles 59 through 61, and for whom two years have not passed since the date of the revocation; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  法人であつて、その業務を行う役員のうちに前二号のいずれかに該当する者があるもの
  <sup>art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-3</sup>
  a corporation that has a person falling under any of the preceding two items among the officers in charge of its business.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第三項**  都道府県知事は、第一項の許可に五年を下らない有効期間その他の必要な条件を付けることができる。
<sup>art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-3</sup>
A prefectural governor may attach necessary conditions such as a valid period of not less than five years to the approval referred to in paragraph (1).
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十六条
<sup>art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56</sup>

**第一項**  前条第一項の許可を受けた者（以下この条において「許可営業者」という。）が当該営業を譲渡し、又は許可営業者について相続、合併若しくは分割（当該営業を承継させるものに限る。）があつたときは、当該営業を譲り受けた者又は相続人（相続人が二人以上ある場合において、その全員の同意により当該営業を承継すべき相続人を選定したときは、その者）、合併後存続する法人若しくは合併により設立された法人若しくは分割により当該営業を承継した法人は、許可営業者の地位を承継する。
<sup>art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56/par-1</sup>
When a person who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as an "approved business operator" below in this Article) has transferred their business, or an inheritance, a merger, or a split (limited to one by which the business is succeeded to) for an approved business operator has been implemented, a person who has been transferred the business, or an heir (if there are two or more heirs, and an heir that is to succeed to the business has been selected by the consent of all the heirs, that heir), a corporation surviving the merger, a corporation established by the merger, or a corporation succeeding to the business by the split is to succeed to the status of the approved business operator.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a person who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article (referred to as an "approved business operator" below in this Article) has transferred their business, or an inheritance, a merger, or a split (limited to one that has the approved business operator succeed to the business) for an approved business operator has been implemented, a person who has been transferred the business, or an heir (if there are two or more heirs, and an heir that is to succeed to the business has been selected by the consent of all the heirs, that heir), a corporation surviving the merger, a corporation established by the merger, or a corporation succeeding to the business by the split is to succeed to the status of the approved business operator." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第二項**  前項の規定により許可営業者の地位を承継した者は、遅滞なく、その事実を証する書面を添えて、その旨を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-56/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56/par-2</sup>
A person who has succeeded to the status of the approved business operator pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must notify the prefectural governor to that effect without delay, by attaching a document proving that fact.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十七条
<sup>art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57</sup>

**第一項**  営業（第五十四条に規定する営業、公衆衛生に与える影響が少ない営業で政令で定めるもの及び食鳥処理の事業を除く。）を営もうとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、あらかじめ、その営業所の名称及び所在地その他厚生労働省令で定める事項を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-1</sup>
A person who seeks to conduct business (excluding business prescribed in Article 54, a business that has a small impact on public health and is specified by Cabinet Order, and a poultry slaughtering business) must notify a prefectural governor of the name and the location of their business office and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who seeks to conduct business (excluding business prescribed in Article 54, a business that has a little impact on public health and is specified by Cabinet Order, and a poultry slaughtering business) must notify a prefectural governor of the name and the location of their business office and other matters specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in advance." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

**第二項**  前条の規定は、前項の規定による届出をした者について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「前条第一項の許可を受けた者」とあるのは「次条第一項の規定による届出をした者」と、「許可営業者」とあるのは「届出営業者」と、同条第二項中「許可営業者」とあるのは「届出営業者」と読み替えるものとする。
<sup>art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-2</sup>
The provisions of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a person who has made a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In such a case, the terms "a person who has obtained the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" and "an approved business operator" in paragraph (1) of that Article are deemed to be replaced with "a person who has made a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article" and "a notifying business operator", respectively, and the term "an approved business operator" in paragraph (2) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "a notifying business operator".
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第五十八条
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58</sup>

**第一項**  営業者が、次の各号のいずれかに該当する場合であつて、その採取し、製造し、輸入し、加工し、若しくは販売した食品若しくは添加物又はその製造し、輸入し、若しくは販売した器具若しくは容器包装を回収するとき（次条第一項又は第二項の規定による命令を受けて回収するとき、及び食品衛生上の危害が発生するおそれがない場合として厚生労働省令・内閣府令で定めるときを除く。）は、厚生労働省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、遅滞なく、回収に着手した旨及び回収の状況を都道府県知事に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58/par-1</sup>
When a business operator falls under either of the following items and recalls food or additives they have collected, produced, imported, processed or sold, or apparatus, or containers and packages they have manufactured, imported, or sold (excluding cases in which the recall is made by receiving an order under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) of the following Article and cases specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Cabinet Office Order as those unlikely to cause food sanitation hazards), they must notify a prefectural governor of the fact that they have commenced the recall and the status of the recall, pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Cabinet Office Order, without delay.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **一**  第六条、第十条から第十二条まで、第十三条第二項若しくは第三項、第十六条、第十八条第二項若しくは第三項又は第二十条の規定に違反し、又は違反するおそれがある場合
  <sup>art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58/par-1/item-1</sup>
  when the business operator violates or is likely to violate the provisions of Article 6, Articles 10 through 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 20; or
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "when the business operator violates or is likely to violate referred in the provisions of Article 6, Articles 10 through 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), or Article 20; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

  **二**  第九条第一項又は第十七条第一項の規定による禁止に違反し、又は違反するおそれがある場合
  <sup>art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58/par-1/item-2</sup>
  when the business operator violates or is likely to violate a prohibition under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  都道府県知事は、前項の規定による届出があつたときは、厚生労働省令・内閣府令で定めるところにより、当該届出に係る事項を厚生労働大臣又は内閣総理大臣に報告しなければならない。
<sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-58/par-2</sup>
When a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed, a prefectural governor must report the matters notified to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and Cabinet Office Order.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a notification under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed, a prefectural governor must report the matters notified to the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or Cabinet Office Order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第五十九条
<sup>art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59</sup>

**第一項**  厚生労働大臣又は都道府県知事は、営業者が第六条、第十条から第十二条まで、第十三条第二項若しくは第三項、第十六条若しくは第十八条第二項若しくは第三項の規定に違反した場合又は第九条第一項若しくは第十七条第一項の規定による禁止に違反した場合においては、営業者若しくは当該職員にその食品、添加物、器具若しくは容器包装を廃棄させ、又はその他営業者に対し食品衛生上の危害を除去するために必要な処置をとることを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59/par-1</sup>
When a business operator violates the provisions of Article 6, Articles 10 through 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16 or Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), or violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor may order the business operator or the officials of the Ministry or the prefecture to dispose of the food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages, or order the business operator to take other necessary measures to eliminate the food sanitation hazards.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  内閣総理大臣又は都道府県知事は、営業者が第二十条の規定に違反した場合においては、営業者若しくは当該職員にその食品、添加物、器具若しくは容器包装を廃棄させ、又はその他営業者に対し虚偽の若しくは誇大な表示若しくは広告による食品衛生上の危害を除去するために必要な処置をとることを命ずることができる。
<sup>art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59/par-2</sup>
When a business operator has violated the provisions of Article 20, the Prime Minister or a prefectural governor may order the business operator or the relevant officials to dispose of the food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages, or order the business operator to take other necessary measures to eliminate the food sanitation hazards caused by the false or exaggerated labeling or advertising.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business operator has violated the provisions of Article 20, the Prime Minister or a prefectural governor may order the business operator or the officials of the Ministry or the prefecture to dispose of the food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages, or order the business operator to take other necessary measures to eliminate the food sanitation hazards caused by the false or exaggerated labeling or advertising." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第六十条
<sup>art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事は、営業者が第六条、第八条第一項、第十条から第十二条まで、第十三条第二項若しくは第三項、第十六条、第十八条第二項若しくは第三項、第十九条第二項、第二十条、第二十五条第一項、第二十六条第四項、第四十八条第一項、第五十条第二項、第五十一条第二項、第五十二条第二項若しくは第五十三条第一項の規定に違反した場合、第七条第一項から第三項まで、第九条第一項若しくは第十七条第一項の規定による禁止に違反した場合、第五十五条第二項第一号若しくは第三号に該当するに至つた場合又は同条第三項の規定による条件に違反した場合においては、同条第一項の許可を取り消し、又は営業の全部若しくは一部を禁止し、若しくは期間を定めて停止することができる。
<sup>art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-1</sup>
When a business operator violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 8, paragraph (1), Articles 10 through 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 19, paragraph (2), Article 20, Article 25, paragraph (1), Article 26, paragraph (4), Article 48, paragraph (1), Article 50, paragraph (2), Article 51, paragraph (2), Article 52, paragraph (2) or Article 53, paragraph (1), violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), has come to fall under Article 55, paragraph (2), item (i) or (iii), or violates the conditions under the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article, a prefectural governor may revoke the approval referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article, prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  厚生労働大臣は、営業者（食品、添加物、器具又は容器包装を輸入することを営む人又は法人に限る。）が第六条、第八条第一項、第十条第二項、第十一条、第十二条、第十三条第二項若しくは第三項、第十六条、第十八条第二項若しくは第三項、第二十六条第四項、第五十条第二項、第五十一条第二項、第五十二条第二項若しくは第五十三条第一項の規定に違反した場合又は第七条第一項から第三項まで、第九条第一項若しくは第十七条第一項の規定による禁止に違反した場合においては、営業の全部若しくは一部を禁止し、又は期間を定めて停止することができる。
<sup>art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-2</sup>
When a business operator (limited to a person or corporation that is engaged in import of food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages) violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 26, paragraph (4), Article 50, paragraph (2), Article 51, paragraph (2), Article 52, paragraph (2) or Article 53, paragraph (1), or violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business operator (limited to a person or corporation that is engaged in import of food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages) violates the provisions of Article 6, Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (2), Article 11, Article 12, Article 13, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 16, Article 18, paragraph (2) or (3), Article 26, paragraph (4), Article 50, paragraph (2), Article 51, paragraph (2), Article 52, paragraph (2) or Article 53, paragraph (1), or violates a prohibition under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) to (3), Article 9, paragraph (1) or Article 17, paragraph (1), the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

### 第六十一条
<sup>art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61</sup>

**第一項**  都道府県知事は、営業者がその営業の施設につき第五十四条の規定による基準に違反した場合においては、その施設の整備改善を命じ、又は第五十五条第一項の許可を取り消し、若しくはその営業の全部若しくは一部を禁止し、若しくは期間を定めて停止することができる。
<sup>art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61/par-1</sup>
When a business operator violates the criteria under the provisions of Article 54 for their business facilities, a prefectural governor may order the business operator to develop and improve the facilities, revoke the approval referred to in Article 55, paragraph (1), prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a business operator violates a criteria under the provisions of Article 54 for their business facilities, a prefectural governor may order the business operator to develop and improve the facilities, revoke the approval referred to in Article 55, paragraph (1), prohibit the business in whole or in part, or suspend the business by specifying a period." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb</sup>

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- art-59/par-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-59/par-1: 第十条から第十二条まで → 食品衛生法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10
- art-59/par-1: 第十条から第十二条まで → 食品衛生法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11
- art-59/par-1: 第十条から第十二条まで → 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-59/par-1: 第十三条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-2
- art-59/par-1: 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-59/par-1: 第十六条 → 食品衛生法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-16
- art-59/par-1: 第十八条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-2
- art-59/par-1: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-3
- art-59/par-1: 第九条第一項 → 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-59/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-17/par-1
- art-59/par-2: 第二十条 → 食品衛生法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-20
- art-60/par-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-60/par-1: 第八条第一項 → 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-60/par-1: 第十条から第十二条まで → 食品衛生法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10
- art-60/par-1: 第十条から第十二条まで → 食品衛生法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11
- art-60/par-1: 第十条から第十二条まで → 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-60/par-1: 第十三条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-2
- art-60/par-1: 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-60/par-1: 第十六条 → 食品衛生法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-16
- art-60/par-1: 第十八条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-2
- art-60/par-1: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-3
- art-60/par-1: 第十九条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-2
- art-60/par-1: 第二十条 → 食品衛生法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-20
- art-60/par-1: 第二十五条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1
- art-60/par-1: 第二十六条第四項 → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-4
- art-60/par-1: 第四十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第四十八条第一項 (Article 48, paragraph (1)), art-48/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-1
- art-60/par-1: 第五十条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十条第二項 (Article 50, paragraph (2)), art-50/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-50/par-2
- art-60/par-1: 第五十一条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十一条第二項 (Article 51, paragraph (2)), art-51/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-2
- art-60/par-1: 第五十二条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十二条第二項 (Article 52, paragraph (2)), art-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-2
- art-60/par-1: 第五十三条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53/par-1
- art-60/par-1: 第七条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-1
- art-60/par-1: 第七条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-60/par-1: 第七条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-60/par-1: 第九条第一項 → 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-60/par-1: 第十七条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-17/par-1
- art-60/par-1: 第五十五条第二項第一号 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項第一号 (Article 55, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-55/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-1
- art-60/par-1: 第三号 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項第三号 (Article 55, paragraph (2), item (iii)), art-55/par-2/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-3
- art-60/par-1: 同条第三項 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第三項 (Article 55, paragraph (3)), art-55/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-3
- art-60/par-1: 同条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1
- art-60/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-60/par-2: 第八条第一項 → 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-60/par-2: 第十条第二項 → 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-60/par-2: 第十一条 → 食品衛生法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-11
- art-60/par-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-60/par-2: 第十三条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-2
- art-60/par-2: 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-60/par-2: 第十六条 → 食品衛生法 第十六条 (Article 16), art-16 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-16
- art-60/par-2: 第十八条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第二項 (Article 18, paragraph (2)), art-18/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-2
- art-60/par-2: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十八条第三項 (Article 18, paragraph (3)), art-18/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-18/par-3
- art-60/par-2: 第二十六条第四項 → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第四項 (Article 26, paragraph (4)), art-26/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-4
- art-60/par-2: 第五十条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十条第二項 (Article 50, paragraph (2)), art-50/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-50/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-50/par-2
- art-60/par-2: 第五十一条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十一条第二項 (Article 51, paragraph (2)), art-51/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-51/par-2
- art-60/par-2: 第五十二条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十二条第二項 (Article 52, paragraph (2)), art-52/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-52/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-52/par-2
- art-60/par-2: 第五十三条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十三条第一項 (Article 53, paragraph (1)), art-53/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-53/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-53/par-1
- art-60/par-2: 第七条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-1
- art-60/par-2: 第七条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-60/par-2: 第七条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-60/par-2: 第九条第一項 → 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-60/par-2: 第十七条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-17/par-1
- art-61/par-1: 第五十四条 → 食品衛生法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54
- art-61/par-1: 第五十五条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1

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