# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第八十七条 (Article 87)

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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: 第八十七条 (Article 87) — address `art-87`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-87
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-87
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### 第八十七条
<sup>art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-87</sup>

**第一項**  食品衛生管理者が第四十八条第三項に規定する職務を怠つたときは、当該施設においてその管理に係る食品又は添加物に関し第八十一条から第八十三条までの違反に該当する行為があつた場合において、その行為の態様に応じ各本条の罰金刑を科する。ただし、その食品衛生管理者がその行為を行つた者であるときは、この限りでない。
<sup>art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-87/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-87/par-1</sup>
When a food sanitation supervisor has neglected their duties under the provisions of Article 48, paragraph (3), and there have been acts falling under violations referred to in Articles 81 through 83 concerning food or additives related to their supervision at the facility, the food sanitation supervisor is punished by a fine prescribed in the respective Articles depending on the manner of the acts; provided, however, that this does not apply when the food sanitation supervisor is the person who has committed the acts.
<sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-87/par-1: 第四十八条第三項 → 食品衛生法 第四十八条第三項 (Article 48, paragraph (3)), art-48/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-48/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-48/par-3
- art-87/par-1: 第八十一条から第八十三条まで → 食品衛生法 第八十一条 (Article 81), art-81 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-81
- art-87/par-1: 第八十一条から第八十三条まで → 食品衛生法 第八十二条 (Article 82), art-82 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-82 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-82
- art-87/par-1: 第八十一条から第八十三条まで → 食品衛生法 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-83

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 食品衛生法 第八十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88/par-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
- This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
