# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第三十三条 (Article 33) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33. 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: 第三十三条 (Article 33) — address `art-33` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33 - 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. --- ### 第三十三条 art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、第三十一条の規定により登録を申請した者（以下この項において「登録申請者」という。）が次に掲げる要件のすべてに適合しているときは、その登録をしなければならない。この場合において、登録に関して必要な手続は、厚生労働省令で定める。 art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1 When a person who has applied for registration pursuant to the provisions of Article 31 (referred to as an "applicant for registration" below in this paragraph) satisfies all of the following requirements, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare must register that person. In such a case, the necessary procedures for registration are specified by Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 別表の第一欄に掲げる製品検査の種類ごとに、それぞれ同表の第二欄に掲げる機械器具その他の設備を有し、かつ、製品検査は同表の第三欄に掲げる条件に適合する知識経験を有する者が実施し、その人数が同表の第四欄に掲げる数以上であること。 art-33/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-1 the applicant for registration possesses the machines, equipment, and other facilities respectively listed in column 2 of the Appended Table for each type of product inspection listed in column 1 of that Table, and product inspections are conducted by persons who have the knowledge and experience that satisfy the conditions listed in column 3 of that Table, and the number of those persons is not less than the number listed in column 4 of that Table; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "applicant for registration possesses the machines, equipment, and other facilities respectively listed in column 2 of the Appended Table for each type of product inspection listed in column 1 of that Table, and, for which product inspections are conducted by a person who has the knowledge and experience that satisfy the conditions listed in column 3 of that Table, and the number of those persons exceeds the number listed in column 4 of that Table;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **二** 次に掲げる製品検査の信頼性の確保のための措置が執られていること。 art-33/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-2 measures to ensure the credibility of product inspections stated in the following sub-items have been taken: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 検査を行う部門に製品検査の種類ごとにそれぞれ専任の管理者を置くこと。 art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-1 a full-time administrator is appointed for each type of product inspection at a department that conducts inspections; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 製品検査の業務の管理及び精度の確保に関する文書が作成されていること。 art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-2 documents on management of operation of product inspections and securing of precision of product inspections have been prepared; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ハ** ロに掲げる文書に記載されたところに従い製品検査の業務の管理及び精度の確保を行う専任の部門を置くこと。 art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-2/sub-3 a specialized department is established for managing the operation of product inspections and securing precision of product inspections, in accordance with what is stated in the documents stated in sub-item (b); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 登録申請者が、第二十五条第一項又は第二十六条第一項から第三項までの規定により製品検査を受けなければならないこととされる食品、添加物、器具又は容器包装を販売し、販売の用に供するために製造し、輸入し、加工し、若しくは陳列し、又は営業上使用する営業者（以下この号及び第三十九条第二項において「受検営業者」という。）に支配されているものとして次のいずれかに該当するものでないこと。 art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3 the applicant for registration does not fall under any of the following sub-items as a person controlled by a business operator that sells, or manufactures, imports, processes, or displays for the purpose of selling, or uses for business (referred to as a "business operator subject to inspections" below in this item and Article 39, paragraph (2)) food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages for which product inspections must be undertaken pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) or Article 26, paragraphs (1) through (3): Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "applicant for registration does not fall under any of the following sub-items as a person controlled by a business person that sells, or manufactures, imports, processes, or displays for the purpose of selling, or uses for business (referred to as a "business operator subject to inspections" below in this item and Article 39, paragraph (2)) food, additives, apparatus, or containers and packages for which product inspections must be undertaken pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) or Article 26, paragraphs (1) through (3):" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **イ** 登録申請者が株式会社である場合にあつては、受検営業者がその親法人（会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第八百七十九条第一項に規定する親法人をいう。）であること。 art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-1 if an applicant for registration is a stock company, a business operator subject to inspections is its parent corporation (meaning a parent corporation prescribed in Article 879, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 登録申請者の役員（持分会社（会社法第五百七十五条第一項に規定する持分会社をいう。）にあつては、業務を執行する社員）に占める受検営業者の役員又は職員（過去二年間に当該受検営業者の役員又は職員であつた者を含む。）の割合が二分の一を超えていること。 art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-2 officers or employees of a business operator subject to inspections (including persons who were officers or employees of a business operator subject to inspections in the past two years) account for more than half of the officers of an applicant for registration (for a membership company (meaning a membership company prescribed in Article 575, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act), members that execute its business); Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the proportion of officers or employees of a business operator subject to inspections (including persons who were officers or employees of a business operator subject to inspections in the past two years) account for more than half of the officers of an applicant for registration (for a membership company (meaning a membership company prescribed in Article 575, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act), employees that execute its business);" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **ハ** 登録申請者の代表権を有する役員が、受検営業者の役員又は職員（過去二年間に当該受検営業者の役員又は職員であつた者を含む。）であること。 art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-3 officers who have the right to represent the applicant for registration are officers or employees of a business operator subject to inspections (including those who were officers or employees of a business operator subject to inspections in the past two years). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 登録は、次に掲げる事項を登録台帳に記帳して行う。 art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2 Registration is made by entering the following matters in the register: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 登録年月日及び登録番号 art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-1 the date of registration and registration number; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 登録検査機関の名称、代表者の氏名及び主たる事務所の所在地 art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-2 the name of the registered conformity assessment body, the name of its representative, and the location of its principal office; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 登録検査機関が行う製品検査の種類 art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-3 the type of product inspections that the registered conformity assessment body conducts; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 登録検査機関が製品検査を行う事業所の名称及び所在地 art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-2/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-2/item-4 the name and the location of the office in which the registered conformity assessment body conducts product inspections. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-33/par-1: 第三十一条 → 食品衛生法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-31 - art-33/par-1: この項 → 食品衛生法 第三十三条第一項 (Article 33, paragraph (1)), art-33/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1 - art-33/par-1/item-3: 第二十五条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-25/par-1 - art-33/par-1/item-3: 第二十六条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第一項 (Article 26, paragraph (1)), art-26/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-1 - art-33/par-1/item-3: 第二十六条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-2 - art-33/par-1/item-3: 第二十六条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第二十六条第三項 (Article 26, paragraph (3)), art-26/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-26/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-26/par-3 - art-33/par-1/item-3: この号 → 食品衛生法 第三十三条第一項第三号 (Article 33, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-33/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3 - art-33/par-1/item-3: 第三十九条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第三十九条第二項 (Article 39, paragraph (2)), art-39/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-39/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-39/par-2 - art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-1: 会社法（平成十七年法律第八十六号）第八百七十九条第一項 → 会社法 第八百七十九条第一項 (Article 879, paragraph (1)), art-879/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-879/par-1 - art-33/par-1/item-3/sub-2: 会社法第五百七十五条第一項 → 会社法 第五百七十五条第一項 (Article 575, paragraph (1)), art-575/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/companies-act/art-575/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/417AC0000000086/art-575/par-1 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第四条第九項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-4/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-4/par-9 - 食品衛生法 第三十三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第三十三条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-33/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-33/par-1/item-3 - 食品衛生法 第三十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-34/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第三十六条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-36/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第四十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-41/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-41/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第四十三条第一項第六号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-43/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-43/par-1/item-6 - 食品衛生法 第四十五条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-45/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-45/par-1/item-1 - 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 附則第二条第一項（登録検査機関に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4151-55/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4151-55/art-2/par-1 - 食品衛生法 附則第十一条第一項（施行前の準備） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4151-55/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4151-55/art-11/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Food Sanitation Act, written 2026-11-03 - 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 (食品衛生法), Article 33, paragraph (1), item (i) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法), Article 33, paragraph (1), item (iii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法), Article 33, paragraph (1), item (iii), (b) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb), 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