[Food sales] Foreign food sales company management and business management visa

What preparations are necessary to apply for a "business manager" visa for the purpose of managing a company whose business involves selling meat, seafood, milk, cheese, and other dairy products? A certified administrative scrivener will explain in detail.

1. Business license based on the Food Sanitation Act

As an image, a company that runs a supermarket or online shop that purchases and sells meat, fish, dairy products, foods that require temperature control, and imports seasonings such as foods and spices from foreign countries in Japan. For example, when selling at domestic stores.

In the following casesEven if you handle food, you do not need a business license based on the Food Sanitation Act.(*However, a business permit based on prefectural regulations may be required.)

• ・ Sell packed products made at licensed facilities
• ・ Sell the purchased snacks as they are
  　(* If you want to subdivide or repack, you need a business permit from a health center according to the type of food.)
• ・ Sell juice and beer in cans and PET bottles as they are
  　(* Permission is required when selling by pouring into a glass or cup)
• ・ Sell agricultural products
• ・ Sell only foods that do not require temperature control in containers.

2. Company establishment procedures

This procedure is described at the beginning of the article "Procedures / Conditions Required for Applying for Status of Residence" Business / Management ""."Business / Management" page

3. Securing office property

What is the property registered as the head office that will be the office of the company when the company is established?Separately, It is necessary to secure a business office property such as a supermarket (however, it may not be necessary depending on the structure of the head office).
In addition, if permission from the manufacturing industry such as seasonings, which will be described later, is required, a property with a separate room (a room with a sink, a washroom, and storage facilities) is required.

Regarding securing this property, in the case of renting, both the property of the head office and the property of the sales office etc.The lessee is in the name of the companyso,The purpose of renting is the business purposeMust be stated in the lease agreement as.

If the person owns the property by purchasing it, it is necessary to prepare a written consent or lease agreement to the effect that the person consents to the company to use the property for business purposes. There is.

4. Obtaining various licenses and licenses related to food sales operations.

Depending on the type of food you sell, you will need to obtain the following licenses.

• ■ To sell meat, fish, dairy products, and other foods that require temperature control,Permission for meat sales, seafood sales, and milk sales under the Food Sanitation Law is required will be important.
  In order to obtain this permit, it is necessary to meet the conditions such as having one food hygiene manager at the sales office and having a certain level of refrigeration equipment.

• ■ When selling meat products, processed seafood products, dairy products, boxed lunches, prepared foods, etc. that do not require a cooking process,When it is necessary to obtain permission for food sales business by ordinancein XNUMX minutes by bus from Yonago Station.
  Regarding this license, the conditions for the equipment of the sales office such as refrigeration equipment are more relaxed than the above sales license.

• ■ In principle, when selling packaged or bottled foods purchased from foreign countries in Japan,No permission is required for sales(Foreign foods, seasonings such as spices, etc.)
  But in this case,It is necessary to submit a quarantine notification to the competent quarantine station for foreign food sold.(Article 27 of the Food Sanitation Act).

  　Regarding this quarantine notification, there are the following methods.

  • ・In principle, submit a food import notification form, instructions for raw materials and manufacturing processes, hygiene certificates, and test results as necessary.
  • ・In addition to the above methods, in order to speed up and simplify import quarantine procedures, we have introduced an advance notification system, planned import system, continuous import of the same food, acceptance of test results from foreign public inspection agencies, and item registration system. There is also a system in place.

• ■ When selling spices and seasonings purchased from foreign countries by dividing them into small pieces or mixing them in Japan,When permission from the manufacturing industry such as seasonings is requiredin XNUMX minutes by bus from Yonago Station.
  In this case, a private room with a sink, a hand-washing area, and equipment for storing products is required for packing the seasonings in small portions.

5. Prepare basic contracts with business partners

When running a grocery sales business, it seems that the business of purchasing and selling groceries usually occurs due to the content of the service.
“To really run a food sales business.”,"The company's profits are generated through stable and continuous transactions."In order to make this purchase clearer, we would like to clarify the following regarding this purchase:Basic contractand submit a copy to the Immigration Bureau.

A basic contract is a contract that describes the basic arrangements for the continuous purchase of used goods in the future, not for individual purchase transactions.
Stamp the company names and stamps of both companies on this basic contract.
At this time, I think it is even better to get the business card of the person in charge of the company of the business partner.

6. Securing employees such as office staff

If you are a company that manages grocery sales, the people who make decisions about what kind of groceries to buy and where to sell them are the main forces for the company.
Human resources who play such a role include the representative director of the company that applies for the "business / management" visa, and "permanent residents" and "Japanese" who have work experience in sales strategy, etc. It is desirable that you are a foreigner or Japanese who has a "spouse, etc." visa.
In addition, as full-time employees in charge of accounting and trade affairs, foreigners who have "technical / humanistic knowledge / international business", "permanent resident" or "Japanese spouse" visas, etc. Or Japanese is appropriate.However, as a general rule, part-time jobs for "family stays" and "international students" who have obtained permission for activities outside the qualifications can be engaged in this work within 1 hours a week.

For employees of these companies, I would like to issue a job offer notice or working condition notice in the name of the company at the time of applying for a "business / management" visa, and submit a copy to the Immigration Bureau.

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