# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二十一条の三 (Article 21-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3. 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: 第二十一条の三 (Article 21-3) — address `art-21-3` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3 - 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). 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十一条の三 art-21-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、監視指導の実施に当たつての連携協力体制の整備を図るため、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、国、都道府県等その他関係機関により構成される広域連携協議会（以下この条及び第六十六条において「協議会」という。）を設けることができる。 art-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may establish a wide-area cooperation council consisting of the national government, prefectures, etc., and other relevant organizations pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (referred to as "the council" below in this Article and Article 66), in order to ensure the development of a coordination and cooperation system in implementing monitoring and guidance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 協議会は、必要があると認めるときは、当該協議会の構成員以外の都道府県等その他協議会が必要と認める者をその構成員として加えることができる。 art-21-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-2 When the council finds it necessary, the council may add persons other than the members of the council who are persons found to be necessary by the council and prefectures, etc. as members. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 協議会において協議が調つた事項については、協議会の構成員は、その協議の結果を尊重しなければならない。 art-21-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-3 The members of the council must respect the results of discussions concerning the matters agreed upon at the council meetings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前三項に定めるもののほか、協議会の運営に関し必要な事項は、協議会が定める。 art-21-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-4 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding three paragraphs, the matters necessary for operating the council are decided by the council. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-21-3/par-1: この条 → 食品衛生法 第二十一条の三 (Article 21-3), art-21-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3 - art-21-3/par-1: 第六十六条 → 食品衛生法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-66 - art-21-3/par-4: 前三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十一条の三第一項 (Article 21-3, paragraph (1)), art-21-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-1 - art-21-3/par-4: 前三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十一条の三第二項 (Article 21-3, paragraph (2)), art-21-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-2 - art-21-3/par-4: 前三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十一条の三第三項 (Article 21-3, paragraph (3)), art-21-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第二十一条の三第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第二十一条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-21-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-21-3/par-4 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02