# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第四十七条 (Article 47) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47. 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: 第四十七条 (Article 47) — address `art-47` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-47 - 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. --- ### 第四十七条 art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-47 **第一項** 厚生労働大臣は、この法律の施行に必要な限度において、登録検査機関に対し、その業務若しくは経理の状況に関し報告をさせ、又は当該職員に、登録検査機関の事務所若しくは事業所に立ち入り、業務の状況若しくは帳簿、書類その他の物件を検査させ、若しくは関係者に質問させることができる。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-47/par-1 The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare may have a registered conformity assessment body make a report on its operation or accounting situation, or have their officials enter the office or place of business of a registered conformity assessment body to inspect the status of operations or books, documents, and other objects, or question the relevant persons, to the extent necessary for the enforcement of this Act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二十八条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の場合に準用する。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-47/par-2 The provisions of Article 28, paragraphs (2) and (3) apply mutatis mutandis to the case referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-2: 第二十八条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-28/par-2 - art-47/par-2: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第二十八条第三項 (Article 28, paragraph (3)), art-28/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-28/par-3 - art-47/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-47/par-1 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第四十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-47/par-2 - 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 第八十六条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-86/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-86/par-1/item-3 - 食品衛生法 第八十六条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-86/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-86/par-1/item-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