# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第五十五条 (Article 55) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55. 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: 第五十五条 (Article 55) — address `art-55` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55 - 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. --- ### 第五十五条 art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55 **第一項** 前条に規定する営業を営もうとする者は、厚生労働省令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事の許可を受けなければならない。 art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1 A person who seeks to conduct a business prescribed in the preceding Article must obtain approval from the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who seeks to conduct a business prescribed in the preceding Article must obtain a license from the prefectural governor pursuant to the provisions of Order of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **第二項** 前項の場合において、都道府県知事は、その営業の施設が前条の規定による基準に合うと認めるときは、許可をしなければならない。ただし、同条に規定する営業を営もうとする者が次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、同項の許可を与えないことができる。 art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must grant approval when the prefectural governor finds that the business facilities conform to the criteria under the provisions of the preceding Article; provided, however, that the prefectural governor may refuse to grant the approval referred to in that paragraph when the person who seeks to conduct the business prescribed in the preceding Article falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the prefectural governor must grant a license when the prefectural governor finds that the business facilities conform to the criteria under the provisions of the preceding Article; provided, however, that the prefectural governor may not grant the license referred to in that paragraph when the person who seeks to conduct the business prescribed in the preceding Article falls under any of the following items:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5024/tb **一** この法律又はこの法律に基づく処分に違反して刑に処せられ、その執行を終わり、又は執行を受けることがなくなつた日から起算して二年を経過しない者 art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-1 a person who has been punished for violating this Act or a disposition based on this Act, and two years have not passed since the person finished serving the sentence or ceased to be subject to the sentence; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第五十九条から第六十一条までの規定により許可を取り消され、その取消しの日から起算して二年を経過しない者 art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-2 a person who has had their approval revoked pursuant to the provisions of Articles 59 through 61, and for whom two years have not passed since the date of the revocation; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 法人であつて、その業務を行う役員のうちに前二号のいずれかに該当する者があるもの art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-3 a corporation that has a person falling under any of the preceding two items among the officers in charge of its business. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 都道府県知事は、第一項の許可に五年を下らない有効期間その他の必要な条件を付けることができる。 art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-3 A prefectural governor may attach necessary conditions such as a valid period of not less than five years to the approval referred to in paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-55/par-1: 前条 → 食品衛生法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54 - art-55/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1 - art-55/par-2: 前条 → 食品衛生法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-54 - art-55/par-2/item-2: 第五十九条から第六十一条まで → 食品衛生法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59 - art-55/par-2/item-2: 第五十九条から第六十一条まで → 食品衛生法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60 - art-55/par-2/item-2: 第五十九条から第六十一条まで → 食品衛生法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61 - art-55/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項第一号 (Article 55, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-55/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-1 - art-55/par-2/item-3: 前二号 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項第二号 (Article 55, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-55/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-2 - art-55/par-3: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十五条第一項 (Article 55, paragraph (1)), art-55/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-1 ## Cited by 13 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第五十五条第二項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-2/item-3 - 食品衛生法 第五十五条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-55/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-55/par-3 - 食品衛生法 第五十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第五十七条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-2 - 食品衛生法 第六十条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-60/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-61/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第六十二条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-62/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-62/par-1/item-3 - 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 第七十六条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-76/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第八十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-82/par-1 - 食品衛生法 第八十三条第一項第四号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-83/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83/par-1/item-4 - 食品衛生法 附則第五条第一項（営業の許可に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-5/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 55, paragraph (1) — 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 55, paragraph (2) — 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