# 食品衛生法 / Food Sanitation Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-5051-52`
- Text in force since: 2025-06-01
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52
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## 附　則 令和五年六月一四日法律第五二号
<sup>suppl-5051-52 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して六月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、附則第十二条の規定は、公布の日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect on the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding six months from the date of promulgation; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 12 of the Supplementary Provisions come into effect on the date of promulgation.
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### 第二条（検討） — Review
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<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-2</sup>

**第一項**
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-1</sup>

**第三項**  前二項に定めるもののほか、政府は、この法律の施行後三年を経過した場合において、この法律による改正後のそれぞれの法律の規定の施行の状況を勘案し、必要があると認めるときは、当該規定について検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を講ずるものとする。
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-3</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, in the case where three years have elapsed after this Act comes into effect, the government is to take into consideration the status of enforcement of the provisions of each Act as amended by this Act and, when it finds it necessary, is to review those provisions and take necessary measures based on the results of that review.
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### 第四条（食品衛生法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Food Sanitation Act
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<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定による改正後の食品衛生法（以下この条において「新食品衛生法」という。）第五十六条（新食品衛生法第五十七条第二項（新食品衛生法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。）及び第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定は、施行日前に食品衛生法第四条第七項に規定する営業（新食品衛生法第六十八条第三項に規定する場合を含む。次項において単に「営業」という。）の譲渡があった場合における当該営業を譲り受けた者については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Article 56 of the Food Sanitation Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter in this Article referred to as the "New Food Sanitation Act") (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 57, paragraph (2) of the New Food Sanitation Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the New Food Sanitation Act) and Article 68, paragraph (1) of the New Food Sanitation Act) do not apply to a person who has taken over business (meaning business prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (7) of the Food Sanitation Act (including the case prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (3) of the New Food Sanitation Act); referred to simply as "business" in the following paragraph) in the case where that business was transferred before the Effective Date.
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**第二項**  都道府県知事は、当分の間、新食品衛生法第五十六条第一項（新食品衛生法第五十七条第二項（新食品衛生法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。）及び第六十八条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により許可営業者又は届出営業者の地位を承継した者（営業の譲渡により当該地位を承継した者に限る。）の業務の状況について、当該地位が承継された日から起算して六月を経過するまでの間において、少なくとも一回調査しなければならない。
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2</sup>
A prefectural governor must, for the time being, investigate at least once the status of operations of a person who has succeeded to the position of an approved business operator or a notifying business operator pursuant to the provisions of Article 56, paragraph (1) of the New Food Sanitation Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 57, paragraph (2) of the New Food Sanitation Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 68, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the New Food Sanitation Act) and Article 68, paragraph (1) of the New Food Sanitation Act) (limited to a person who has succeeded to that position by transfer of business), during the period until six months elapse counting from the day on which that position was succeeded to.
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### 第十一条（罰則に関する経過措置） — Transitional Measures Concerning Penal Provisions
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<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-11</sup>

**第一項**  この法律の施行前にした行為及び附則第三条第三項の規定によりなお従前の例によることとされる場合におけるこの法律の施行後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。
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-11/par-1</sup>
With regard to the application of penal provisions to acts committed before this Act comes into effect and to acts committed after this Act comes into effect in a case where the provisions then in force continue to govern pursuant to the provisions of Article 3, paragraph (3) of the Supplementary Provisions, the provisions then in force continue to govern.
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### 第十二条（政令への委任） — Delegation to Cabinet Order
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<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-12</sup>

**第一項**  附則第三条から前条までに定めるもののほか、この法律の施行に関し必要な経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）は、政令で定める。
<sup>suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1</sup>
Beyond what is provided for in Article 3 through the preceding Article of the Supplementary Provisions, transitional measures necessary for the enforcement of this Act (including transitional measures concerning penal provisions) are specified by Cabinet Order.
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## Cites
- suppl-5051-52/art-1/par-1: 附則第十二条 → 食品衛生法 附則第十二条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 12), suppl-5051-52/art-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-12
- suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-3: 前二項 → 食品衛生法 附則第二条第一項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)), suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-1
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: この条 → 食品衛生法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5051-52/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: 第五十六条 → 食品衛生法 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: 新食品衛生法第五十七条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十七条第二項 (Article 57, paragraph (2)), art-57/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-2
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: 新食品衛生法第六十八条第一項 → 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
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: 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
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: 食品衛生法第四条第七項 → 食品衛生法 第四条第七項 (Article 4, paragraph (7)), art-4/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-4/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-4/par-7
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1: 次項 → 食品衛生法 附則第四条第二項 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4, paragraph (2)), suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2: 新食品衛生法第五十六条第一項 → 食品衛生法 第五十六条第一項 (Article 56, paragraph (1)), art-56/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-56/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-56/par-1
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2: 新食品衛生法第五十七条第二項 → 食品衛生法 第五十七条第二項 (Article 57, paragraph (2)), art-57/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/art-57/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/art-57/par-2
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2: 新食品衛生法第六十八条第一項 → 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
- suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-2: 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
- suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1: 附則第三条から前条まで → 食品衛生法 附則第十一条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 11), suppl-5051-52/art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-11
- suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1: 附則第三条から前条まで → 食品衛生法 附則第四条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 4), suppl-5051-52/art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4

## Cited by

4 provisions cite 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-5051-52/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-1/par-1
- 食品衛生法 附則第二条第三項（検討） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-2/par-3
- 食品衛生法 附則第四条第一項（食品衛生法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-4/par-1
- 食品衛生法 附則第十二条第一項（政令への委任） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/food-sanitation-act/suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000233/suppl-5051-52/art-12/par-1

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## Sources

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- 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
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- This site's parser, version 220 — 食品衛生法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02
