Sanitation Control Plan (衛生管理計画, simplified HACCP)

SANITATION CONTROL PLAN (衛生管理計画)

Business: ✓Business name Responsible person: Person responsible for the plan Created: Plan creation date Last reviewed: Last reviewed date

This plan is maintained under the Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法), which has required all food businesses, since June 2021, to implement "HACCP-based sanitation management" (HACCPの考え方を取り入れた衛生管理). Small operators (general food service and similar businesses) may follow the simplified format based on industry handbooks (手引書) issued by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (厚生労働省, MHLW), without a full formal HACCP hazard analysis.

1. GENERAL HYGIENE MEASURES 1.1. General hygiene measures (receiving, storage, thawing, cleaning, hand-washing)

2. FOOD GROUPING BY HEAT TREATMENT 2.1. Food grouping by heat treatment

3. CONTROL POINTS AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS 3.1. Control points and corrective actions on deviation

4. REVIEW CYCLE 4.1. This plan is created, implemented, its results recorded (see the accompanying sanitation and temperature record log), and periodically reviewed on the following cycle: Plan review frequency. 4.2. This plan is checked as part of the food business operating license (営業許可) renewal process.

Responsible person ______________ / Person responsible for the plan /

— — — ⚠️ This is a boilerplate template, not legal advice. Japan's employment, consumer, and food-safety regimes are subject to phased and periodic changes — including the April 2024 expansion of mandatory items in the 労働条件通知書 (Notice of Working Conditions) under the Labor Standards Act (労働基準法), the Freelance Act (フリーランス保護法, in force since 1 November 2024), the 2020 Civil Code (民法) reform requiring a stated liability cap (極度額) in guarantor agreements (身元保証書), the Act on the Protection of Personal Information (個人情報保護法, "APPI"), the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions (特定商取引法), and the Food Sanitation Act (食品衛生法) HACCP-based sanitation management requirement — have this template reviewed and adapted by a bengoshi (弁護士) or shakai hoken rōmushi (社会保険労務士) before use, and confirm current rules at mhlw.go.jp and caa.go.jp on the date of use.