# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二十七条 (Article 27)

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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: 第二十七条 (Article 27) — address `art-27`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第二十七条
<sup>art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-27</sup>

**第一項**  販売の用に供し、又は営業上使用する食品、添加物、器具又は容器包装を輸入しようとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、その都度厚生労働大臣に届け出なければならない。
<sup>art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-27/par-1</sup>
A person who intends to import food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages for the purpose of selling or to use for business must notify the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare each time they import the articles 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>

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- 食品衛生法 第八十五条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-85/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-85/par-1/item-3

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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
- This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
