# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70. 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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4251-70` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 附　則 平成二五年六月二八日法律第七〇号 suppl-4251-70 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70 ### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4251-70/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-1 **第一項** この法律は、公布の日から起算して二年を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。ただし、次条及び附則第十八条の規定については、公布の日から施行する。 suppl-4251-70/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-1/par-1 This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding two years from the day of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of the following Article and Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect as of the date of promulgation. machine translation, not official ### 第十六条（経過措置） — Transitional Measures caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4251-70/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-16 **第一項** この法律の施行前に附則第四条の規定による改正前の食品衛生法、附則第六条の規定による改正前の農林物資の規格化及び品質表示の適正化に関する法律又は附則第十一条の規定による改正前の健康増進法の規定によってした処分その他の行為であって、この法律に相当の規定があるものは、当該規定によってしたものとみなす。 suppl-4251-70/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-16/par-1 Any disposition or other act carried out before this Act comes into effect pursuant to the provisions of the Food Sanitation Act prior to its amendment by Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions, the Act on Standardization and Proper Labeling of Agricultural and Forestry Products prior to its amendment by Article 6 of the Supplementary Provisions, or the Health Promotion Act prior to its amendment by Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions, for which there is a corresponding provision in this Act, is deemed to have been carried out pursuant to that provision. machine translation, not official ### 第十七条（罰則の適用に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning the Application of Penal Provisions caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4251-70/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-17 **第一項** この法律の施行前にした行為に対する罰則の適用については、なお従前の例による。 suppl-4251-70/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-17/par-1 With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect, the provisions then in force continue to govern. machine translation, not official ### 第十八条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order caption: machine translation, not official suppl-4251-70/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-18 **第一項** この附則に規定するもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置は、政令で定める。 suppl-4251-70/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-18/par-1 Beyond what is provided for in these Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary in connection with the enforcement of this Act are specified by Cabinet Order. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - suppl-4251-70/art-1/par-1: 附則第十八条 → 食品衛生法 附則第十八条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 18), suppl-4251-70/art-18 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-18 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 食品衛生法 附則第一条第一項（施行期日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-4251-70/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-4251-70/art-1/par-1 --- ## 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-20261102T225259-002, translated 2026-11-03 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-003, translated 2026-11-03 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-004, translated 2026-11-03 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch food-sanitation-act-20261102T225259-007, 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-20261102T225259-007, 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