# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 第二条の三 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3)

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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
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- Provision: 第二条の三 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3) — address `suppl-4071-101/art-2-3`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
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### 第二条の三
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3</sup>

**第一項**  内閣総理大臣は、既存添加物名簿にその名称が記載されている添加物について、その販売、製造、輸入、加工、使用、貯蔵及び陳列の状況からみて、当該添加物並びにこれを含む製剤及び食品が現に販売の用に供されていないと認めるときは、当該添加物の名称を記載した表（以下「消除予定添加物名簿」という。）を作成することができる。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1</sup>
When the Prime Minister finds, with regard to an additive whose name is entered in the list of existing additives, in light of the status of its sale, manufacture, import, processing, use, storage, and display, that that additive and the formulations and food containing it are not actually offered for sale, the Prime Minister may prepare a table stating the name of that additive (hereinafter referred to as the "list of additives scheduled for deletion").
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**第二項**  内閣総理大臣は、前項の規定により消除予定添加物名簿を作成したときは、これを公示しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2</sup>
When the Prime Minister has prepared the list of additives scheduled for deletion pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Prime Minister must issue public notice of it.
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**第三項**  何人も、前項の規定により公示された消除予定添加物名簿に関し、訂正する必要があると認めるときは、内閣府令で定めるところにより、その公示の日から六月以内に限り、その旨を内閣総理大臣に申し出ることができる。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3</sup>
Any person who finds it necessary to correct the list of additives scheduled for deletion of which public notice has been given pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may, pursuant to Cabinet Office Order, file an application to that effect with the Prime Minister only within six months after the date of that public notice.
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**第四項**  内閣総理大臣は、前項の申出があった場合において、その申出に理由があると認めるときは、その申出に係る添加物の名称を消除予定添加物名簿に追加し、又は消除予定添加物名簿から消除するとともに、その旨をその申出をした者に通知しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4</sup>
In the case where an application under the preceding paragraph has been filed and the Prime Minister finds that the application is well-founded, the Prime Minister must add the name of the additive pertaining to the application to the list of additives scheduled for deletion or delete it from the list of additives scheduled for deletion, and notify the person who filed the application to that effect.
<sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

**第五項**  内閣総理大臣は、第二項の公示の日から一年以内に、同項の規定により公示した消除予定添加物名簿（前項の規定による追加又は消除を行った場合にあっては、その追加又は消除を行った消除予定添加物名簿）に記載されている添加物の名称を既存添加物名簿から消除するとともに、遅滞なく、その旨を公示しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5</sup>
Within one year after the date of the public notice under paragraph (2), the Prime Minister must delete the names of the additives entered in the list of additives scheduled for deletion of which public notice was given pursuant to that paragraph (or, if additions or deletions have been made pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the list of additives scheduled for deletion to which those additions or deletions have been made) from the list of existing additives, and issue public notice to that effect without delay.
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**第六項**  食品衛生法第七十二条第二項の規定は第一項の規定による作成並びに第四項の規定による追加及び消除について、同条第三項の規定は第一項の規定による作成について、それぞれ準用する。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6</sup>
The provisions of Article 72, paragraph (2) of the Food Sanitation Act apply mutatis mutandis to the preparation under the provisions of paragraph (1) and the addition and deletion under the provisions of paragraph (4), and the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to the preparation under the provisions of paragraph (1), respectively.
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**第七項**  食品衛生法第八十条第三項の規定は、第一項から第五項までの規定並びに前項において準用する同法第七十二条第二項及び第三項の規定による内閣総理大臣の権限について準用する。
<sup>suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7</sup>
The provisions of Article 80, paragraph (3) of the Food Sanitation Act apply mutatis mutandis to the authority of the Prime Minister under the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (5) and the provisions of Article 72, paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Act applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
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## Cites
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5: 第二項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (4)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6: 食品衛生法第七十二条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-2
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6: 第一項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6: 第四項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (4)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6: 同条第三項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第三項 (Article 72, paragraph (3)), art-72/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-3
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (1)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-1
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (2)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第三項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (3)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第四項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (4)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 第一項から第五項まで → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第五項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (5)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 前項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第六項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2-3, paragraph (6)), suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 同法第七十二条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第二項 (Article 72, paragraph (2)), art-72/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-2
- suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7: 第三項 → 食品衛生法 第七十二条第三項 (Article 72, paragraph (3)), art-72/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-72/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-72/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-2
- 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-3
- 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-4
- 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-5
- 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-6
- 食品衛生法 附則第二条の三第七項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4071-101/art-2-3/par-7

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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-20261102T225259-004, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-004, 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
