Applications and notifications related to food-related business

To start a food-related business, you may need a business license under the Food Sanitation Law. In order to obtain a business license, the operating facility must meet the standards stipulated in the Kanagawa Prefectural Ordinance.
Please check the information on food business license procedures at fixed stores [Main volume (PDF: 1,170KB)] [attached sheet (PDF: 2,700KB)], and consult with Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division as soon as possible.

We can download style of application from application (outside site) of food business license. Please fill inHealth Sanitation Division with required documents.Health and Welfare Center.

When using a car for a restaurant, manufacturing, or sales business facility, it is necessary to apply for permission and notification of restaurants, etc. in the same way as fixed stores. In order to obtain a business license, the facility (automobile) must meet the standards stipulated in the Kanagawa Prefecture Ordinance. In addition, there are certain restrictions on the capacity of water supply and drainage tanks depending on the items handled and the cooking process.

Please check the information on food business procedures by car [Main volume (PDF: 560KB)] [attached sheet (PDF: 3,344KB)], and consult with Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division as soon as possible.
We can download style of application from application (outside site) of food business license. Please fill inHealth Sanitation Division with required documents.Health and Welfare Center.

When starting a food-related business, you may need to submit a notification, not a business license based on the Food Sanitation Law. Please check the food hygiene-related business notification guide (PDF: 464KB) and consult with Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division as soon as possible.

In addition, if a person in charge of food hygiene is appointed or changed, a part of a business facility is changed, or the registration of a corporationHealth and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division. Please apply at the counter as soon as possible. We can download style of registration form from report of change of business permission application matter or business report matter (outside site). For more information, please refer to the following link.
If you want to change some of the facilities that have already been licensed, please consult us in advance as we will check that the facility meets the standards.

In addition, please refer to association of Yokohama-shi food hygiene (outside site) (Tel: 045-711-1911) about qualification acquisition of food hygiene manager or re-grant of certificate of completion.

Effective June 1, 2021, a new business license system and notification system have been adopted.
Please refer to the main information on the revision of the Food Sanitation Law in the information on the revision of the Food Sanitation Law.

With the revision of the Food Sanitation Law, it has been stipulated that businesses such as selling food without cooking should be notified. This notification is open before June 1, 2021, and it is necessary to submit a new facility that has been notified of business. If you operate multiple registered businesses, you are required to submit a typical industry.

If you have been operating before May 31, 2021, please refer to the Business Notification Guide (PDF: 841KB) for those who have been operating before May 31, 2021.
If you are starting business on or after June 1, 2021, please refer to the Business Notification Guide (PDF: 884KB) for new business starters.

Permitted industries of "milk sales business", "fish and shellfish sales business (refrigerated frozen and packaging)", "meat sales business (refrigerated frozen packaging)" and "ice and snow sales business" have been transferred to the registered industry following the revision of the Food Sanitation Law. Was. For this reason, business operators who have obtained permission from these industries were deemed to have filed a notification based on the revised Food Sanitation Law in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Therefore, if there is a typical notification business (“convenience store”, “department store, general supermarket”, etc.) other than the type of business deemed to have submitted the notification, please submit a report again using a representative type of business . At that time, the industries that have shifted from permission to notification will overlap, so please go through the closing procedure.
Please use window or Yokohama-shi electronic application, report service (outside site) for procedure of closing business.