The object of the invention is to provide a container inspection method and a container inspection device which is not container quality inspection by individual and operator's empirical approach, not influenced by operator's skillfulness, can eliminate human error such as missing when recording and error in writing, not based on operator's subjective judgment, whose result is objective, and easily and statistically stores objective data. The container inspection method and container inspection device comprises an inspection for a container formed of a web-like packaging laminated material, which includes peeling flaps from the container wall by a pre-processing unit, cutting the container wall to prepare a sampled body by a sampled body preparing unit, inspecting seal quality by a seal quality unit, inspecting seal zone by an image processing unit, and inspecting damage on the seal zone by a seal damage inspection unit.