# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二条の二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2. 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: 第二条の二 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2) — address `suppl-4071-101/art-2-2` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二条の二 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、既存添加物名簿にその名称が記載されている添加物について、人の健康を損なうおそれがあると認めるときは、食品衛生基準審議会の意見を聴いて、当該添加物の名称を既存添加物名簿から消除することができる。 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 The Prime Minister may, if finding that an additive whose name is entered in the list of existing additives is likely to harm human health, delete the name of that additive from the list of existing additives after hearing the opinions of the Food Safety Standards Council. machine translation, not official **第二項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により既存添加物名簿にその名称が記載されている添加物の名称を当該既存添加物名簿から消除しようとするときは、その趣旨、内容その他の必要な事項を公表し、広く国民の意見を求めるものとする。ただし、食品衛生上の危害の発生を防止するため緊急を要する場合で、あらかじめ広く国民の意見を求めるいとまがないときは、この限りでない。 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 When the Prime Minister intends to delete, pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the name of an additive whose name is entered in the list of existing additives from that list of existing additives, the Prime Minister is to publicize the purpose, content, and other necessary matters and broadly seek the opinions of the public; provided, however, that this does not apply if there is an urgency to prevent the occurrence of food sanitation hazards and there is no time to broadly seek the opinions of the public in advance. machine translation, not official **第三項** 内閣総理大臣は、前項ただし書の場合においては、事後において、遅滞なく、広く国民の意見を求めるものとする。 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 In the case of the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister is to broadly seek the opinions of the public without delay, after the fact. machine translation, not official **第四項** 内閣総理大臣は、第一項の規定による消除を行った既存添加物名簿を遅滞なく公示しなければならない。 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 The Prime Minister must issue public notice without delay of the list of existing additives from which deletion has been made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1). machine translation, not official **第五項** 食品衛生法第七十二条第二項及び第三項の規定は、第一項の規定による消除について準用する。 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 The provisions of Article 72, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Food Sanitation Act apply mutatis mutandis to the deletion under the provisions of paragraph (1). machine translation, not official **第六項** 食品衛生法第八十条第三項の規定は、第一項から第四項までの規定並びに前項において準用する同法第七十二条第二項及び第三項の規定による内閣総理大臣の権限について準用する。 suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 The provisions of Article 80, paragraph (3) of the Food Sanitation Act apply mutatis mutandis to the authority of the Prime Minister under the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (4) and the provisions of Article 72, paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Act applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5: 食品衛生法第七十二条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-2 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第三項 (Article 72, paragraph (3)), art-72/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-3 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 第一項から第四項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-1 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 第一項から第四項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 第一項から第四項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (3)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 第一項から第四項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (4)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-2, paragraph (5)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 同法第七十二条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-2 - suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第三項 (Article 72, paragraph (3)), art-72/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-3 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-2 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-3 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-4 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-5 - 食品衛生法 附則第二条の二第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-2/par-6 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 食品衛生法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000233/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-004, translated 2026-11-03 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-004, translated 2026-11-03 - This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02