Poultry Slaughtering Business Control and Poultry Meat Inspection Act（Act No. 70 of 1990）.

The purpose of this Act is to establish regulations and take other measures necessary from the viewpoint of public health concerning the poultry slaughtering business and to establish a system for poultry meat inspection in order to prevent sanitation hazards arising from poultry meat, etc.
A person who intends to operate the poultry slaughtering business must obtain a license (Art. 3). Articles 11 to 14 set up rules to be observed by poultry slaughterers. The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall establish criteria on the sanitary management of poultry slaughterhouses, the sanitary handling of poultry, a poultry carcass, an eviscerated poultry carcass and poultry meat, etc. A poultry slaughterer must establish and comply with measures necessary for public health in accordance with such criteria. When a poultry slaughterer intends to slaughter poultry, the poultry slaughterer must undergo inspection conducted by the prefectural governor regarding the condition of the living poultry (Art. 15).
The Act further makes provisions for: designated inspection body, offences and penalties, etc.