# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二十二条 (Article 22) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22. 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: 第二十二条 (Article 22) — address `art-22` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二十二条 art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、国及び都道府県等が行う監視指導の実施に関する指針（以下「指針」という。）を定めるものとする。 art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister are to establish guidelines concerning the monitoring and guidance to be implemented by the national government and prefectures, etc. (referred to below as the "guidelines"). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 指針は、次に掲げる事項について定めるものとする。 art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-2 The guidelines are to specify the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 監視指導の実施に関する基本的な方向 art-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-2/item-1 basic direction on the implementation of monitoring and guidance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 重点的に監視指導を実施すべき項目に関する事項 art-22/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-2/item-2 matters concerning items for which monitoring and guidance should be intensively implemented; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 監視指導の実施体制に関する事項 art-22/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-2/item-3 matters concerning the system for implementing monitoring and guidance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 監視指導の実施に当たつての国、都道府県等その他関係機関相互の連携協力の確保に関する事項 art-22/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-2/item-4 matters concerning ensuring of coordination and cooperation between the national government, prefectures, etc., and other relevant organizations in implementing monitoring and guidance; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** その他監視指導の実施に関する重要事項 art-22/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-2/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-2/item-5 other important matters concerning the implementation of monitoring and guidance. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 厚生労働大臣及び内閣総理大臣は、指針を定め、又はこれを変更したときは、遅滞なく、これを公表するとともに、都道府県知事等に通知しなければならない。 art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-22/par-3 When the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare and the Prime Minister have established or amended the guidelines, they must publicize that fact and notify prefectural governors, etc. of that fact without delay. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 医療法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/medical-care-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/323AC0000000205/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 - 厚生年金保険法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employees-pension-insurance-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/329AC0000000115/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 - 国民年金法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 - 食品衛生法 附則第七十五条第一項（厚生大臣又は都道府県知事その他の地方公共団体の機関がした事業の停止命令その他の処分に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4111-87/art-75/par-1 --- ## 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