# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第八十一条 (Article 81)

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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
- 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: 第八十一条 (Article 81) — address `art-81`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81
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### 第八十一条
<sup>art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81</sup>

**第一項**  次の各号のいずれかに該当する者は、三年以下の拘禁刑又は三百万円以下の罰金に処する。
<sup>art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1</sup>
A person falling under any of the following items is punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding three years or a fine not exceeding three million yen:
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **一**  第六条（第六十八条第一項及び第二項において準用する場合を含む。）、第十条第一項又は第十二条（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に違反した者
  <sup>art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1/item-1</sup>
  a person who violates the provisions of Article 6 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (2)), Article 10, paragraph (1), or Article 12 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1));
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **二**  第七条第一項から第三項までの規定による禁止に違反した者
  <sup>art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1/item-2</sup>
  a person who violates the prohibition under the provisions of Article 7, paragraphs (1) through (3);
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **三**  第五十九条第一項（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による厚生労働大臣若しくは都道府県知事（第七十六条の規定により読み替えられる場合は、市長又は区長。以下この号において同じ。）の命令若しくは第五十九条第二項（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による内閣総理大臣若しくは都道府県知事の命令に従わない営業者（第六十八条第三項に規定する食品を供与する者を含む。）又は第六十条（第六十八条第一項及び第三項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定による処分に違反して営業を行つた者
  <sup>art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1/item-3</sup>
  a business operator that disobeys an order issued by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or a prefectural governor (when the terms are deemed to be replaced pursuant to the provisions of Article 76, a mayor or a ward mayor; the same applies below in this item) under the provisions of Article 59, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) or an order issued by the Prime Minister or a prefectural governor under the provisions of Article 59, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)) (including persons who furnish food prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (3)), or a person who conducts business in violation of a disposition under the provisions of Article 60 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3)).
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

**第二項**  前項の罪を犯した者には、情状により拘禁刑及び罰金を併科することができる。
<sup>art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-2</sup>
A person who has committed a crime referred to in the preceding paragraph may be punished by both imprisonment and a fine depending on the circumstances.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-81/par-1/item-1: 第六条 → 食品衛生法 第六条 (Article 6), art-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-6
- art-81/par-1/item-1: 第六十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- art-81/par-1/item-1: 第二項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第二項 (Article 68, paragraph (2)), art-68/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-2
- art-81/par-1/item-1: 第十条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第十条第一項 (Article 10, paragraph (1)), art-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-10/par-1
- art-81/par-1/item-1: 第十二条 → 食品衛生法 第十二条 (Article 12), art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-12
- art-81/par-1/item-2: 第七条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第一項 (Article 7, paragraph (1)), art-7/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-1
- art-81/par-1/item-2: 第七条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第二項 (Article 7, paragraph (2)), art-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-2
- art-81/par-1/item-2: 第七条第一項から第三項まで → 食品衛生法 第七条第三項 (Article 7, paragraph (3)), art-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-7/par-3
- art-81/par-1/item-3: 第五十九条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59/par-1
- art-81/par-1/item-3: 第六十八条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第一項 (Article 68, paragraph (1)), art-68/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-1
- art-81/par-1/item-3: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第六十八条第三項 (Article 68, paragraph (3)), art-68/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-68/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-68/par-3
- art-81/par-1/item-3: 第七十六条 → 食品衛生法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-76
- art-81/par-1/item-3: この号 → 食品衛生法 第八十一条第一項第三号 (Article 81, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-81/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1/item-3
- art-81/par-1/item-3: 第五十九条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十九条第二項 (Article 59, paragraph (2)), art-59/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-59/par-2
- art-81/par-1/item-3: 第六十条 → 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-81/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 第八十一条第一項 (Article 81, paragraph (1)), art-81/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 食品衛生法 第八十一条第一項第三号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-1/item-3
- 食品衛生法 第八十一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81/par-2
- 食品衛生法 第八十七条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-87/par-1
- 食品衛生法 第八十八条第一項第一号 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88/par-1/item-1

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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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-001, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02