Application and notification 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 conform to the standards stipulated in the Kanagawa Prefecture Ordinance.
Please check the information on food business license procedures at fixed stores [Main (PDF: 1,170KB)] [Attachment (PDF: 2,700KB)] and consult with Naka 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 it out and bring it to Health Sanitation Division Naka Health and Welfare Center with required documents.

When using a car for a restaurant, manufacturing, or sales business facility, it is necessary to apply for and submit a permit for a restaurant, etc., just like a fixed store. In order to obtain a business license, facilities (automobiles) must conform to the standards stipulated in the Kanagawa Prefecture Ordinance. In addition, there are certain restrictions on the capacity of water supply and drainage tanks for automobiles depending on the items handled and the cooking process.

Please check the information on food sales procedures by car [Main (PDF: 560KB)] [Attachment (PDF: 3,344KB)] and consult with Naka 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 it out and bring it to Health Sanitation Division Naka Health and Welfare Center with required documents.

When you start a food-related business, you may need to submit a notification instead of a business license based on the Food Sanitation Law. Please check the food hygiene-related business report guide (PDF: 464KB) and consult with Health Sanitation Division Naka Health and Welfare Center 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 if the registration of a corporation that is a business operator is changed, it is necessary to notify Naka Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division. Please apply at the counter as soon as possible. The registration form style can be downloaded from the notification of changes to the business license application or business notification (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 for business, please contact us in advance as we will confirm that the facilities meet the standards.

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

From June 1, 2021, the new business license system and notification system have been adopted.
The main information on the revision of the Food Sanitation Law is posted in the information on the revision of the Food Sanitation Law, so please check it.

With the revision of the Food Sanitation Law, it has been stipulated that sales such as selling food without cooking should be notified. This notification is open before June 1, 2021, and it is necessary to notify the facilities that have been notified of the business again. When conducting more than one notification business, a representative industry is to be notified.

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.
If you are starting business after June 1, 2021, please refer to the Business Notification Guide (PDF: 884KB) for those who are starting a new business.

Permitted industries of "milk sales business", "seafood sales business (refrigerated frozen packaging)", "meat sales business (refrigerated frozen packaging)" and "ice and snow sales business" have been transferred to the notified industry due to the revision of the Food Sanitation Law. Was. For this reason, it was deemed that business operators who had obtained permission for these industries were notified based on the revised Food Sanitation Law in accordance with the provisions of the law.

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