# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)
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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: 第十六条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 16)（経過措置） — address `suppl-4251-70/art-16`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-16
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-16
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### 第十六条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures
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suppl-4251-70/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-16
**第一項** この法律の施行前に附則第四条の規定による改正前の食品衛生法、附則第六条の規定による改正前の農林物資の規格化及び品質表示の適正化に関する法律又は附則第十一条の規定による改正前の健康増進法の規定によってした処分その他の行為であって、この法律に相当の規定があるものは、当該規定によってしたものとみなす。
suppl-4251-70/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-16/par-1
Any disposition or other act carried out before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the Food Sanitation Act prior to its amendment by Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the Act on Standardization and Proper Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry Products prior to its amendment by Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, or the Health Promotion Act prior to its amendment by Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions, for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act, is deemed to have been carried out pursuant to that provision.
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## 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-20261102T225259-007, 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-20261102T225259-007, 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