# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第八十八条 (Article 88) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88. 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: 第八十八条 (Article 88) — address `art-88` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88 - 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. --- ### 第八十八条 art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88 **第一項** 法人の代表者又は法人若しくは人の代理人、使用人その他の従業者が、その法人又は人の業務に関し、次の各号に掲げる規定の違反行為をしたときは、行為者を罰するほか、その法人に対して当該各号に定める罰金刑を、その人に対して各本条の罰金刑を科する。ただし、その人が食品衛生管理者として、前条の規定により罰金刑を科せられるべきときは、その人については、この限りでない。 art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88/par-1 When a representative of a corporation, an agent, an employee or any other worker of a corporation or a person has committed an act in violation of the provisions stated in the following items in relation to the business of the corporation or the person, in addition to the offender being punished, the corporation is punished by a fine prescribed in each of those items, and the person is punished by a fine referred to in the respective Articles; provided, however, that this does not apply when the person is to be punished by a fine as a food sanitation supervisor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 第八十一条又は第八十二条（第十三条第二項（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。）又は第三項、第十九条第二項（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第二十条（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に係る部分に限る。）　一億円以下の罰金刑 art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88/par-1/item-1 the provisions of Article 81 or Article 82 (limited to the part related to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (2)) or paragraph (3), Article 19, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1)), and Article 20 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1))):a fine not exceeding 100 million yen; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第八十二条（第十三条第二項（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。）又は第三項、第十九条第二項（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第二十条（第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定に係る部分を除く。）、第八十三条又は第八十五条　各本条の罰金刑 art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-88/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-88/par-1/item-2 the provisions of Article 82 (excluding the part related to the provisions of Article 13, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (2)) or paragraph (3), Article 19, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1)), and Article 20 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraph (1))), Article 83, or Article 85:a fine referred to in the respective Articles. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-88/par-1: 前条 → 食品衛生法 第八十七条 (Article 87), art-87 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-87 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-87 - art-88/par-1/item-1: 第八十一条 → 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-88/par-1/item-1: 第八十二条 → 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-88/par-1/item-1: 第十三条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-2 - art-88/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-88/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-88/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-3 - art-88/par-1/item-1: 第十九条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-2 - art-88/par-1/item-1: 第二十条 → 食品衛生法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-20 - art-88/par-1/item-2: 第八十二条 → 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-88/par-1/item-2: 第十三条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-2 - art-88/par-1/item-2: 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-88/par-1/item-2: 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-88/par-1/item-2: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-13/par-3 - art-88/par-1/item-2: 第十九条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第十九条第二項 (Article 19, paragraph (2)), art-19/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-19/par-2 - art-88/par-1/item-2: 第二十条 → 食品衛生法 第二十条 (Article 20), art-20 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-20 - art-88/par-1/item-2: 第八十三条 → 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 - art-88/par-1/item-2: 第八十五条 → 食品衛生法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-85 --- ## 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