The business scope of food includes: canteen, prepackaged foods, bulk food, hot food, cold food, raw food, pastry food, homemade drinks, central kitchen, collective dining distribution unit and other foods.

(1) Company canteens refer to catering service providers located in government offices, institutions, social organizations, private non-enterprise units, enterprises, etc., which provide centralized dining for internal employees and students;

(2) prepackaged foods refers to the food prepackaged or made in packaging materials and containers, including prepackaged and prepackaged food prepackaged in packaging materials and containers with uniform quality or volume labels within certain limits;

(3) Bulk food refers to food that needs to be weighed and sold without pre-quantitative packaging, including food without packaging and food with non-quantitative packaging;

(4) Hot food refers to the ready-to-eat food, which is made by rough processing, cutting and cooking, steaming, boiling, frying, frying, roasting and frying, and eaten at a certain heat state, including foods processed by cooking methods such as hot pot and barbecue;

(5) Cold food refers to food that can be eaten at normal temperature or low temperature without reheating, including cooked food, raw fruits and vegetables, pickles, etc.

(6) raw food, generally referring to raw aquatic products;

(7) Pastry food refers to the food made of grain, sugar, oil, eggs, milk, etc. as the main raw materials through baking and other processes, including decorated cakes, etc.

(8) Self-made drinks refer to all kinds of drinks made by operators on the spot, including ice cream;

(9) The central kitchen refers to a food business operator established by a catering unit, with independent places and facilities, who centrally completes the processing, production and distribution of finished or semi-finished food;

(11) The collective dining distribution unit refers to a food operator who processes and distributes food in a centralized way according to the ordering requirements of the clients, but does not provide dining places;

(11) Other foods refer to foods sold in regions, foods with ethnic characteristics and foods with local characteristics.

Anyone who engages in food sales and catering services within the territory of the People's Republic of China shall obtain a food business license according to law.

Legal basis

Administrative Measures on Food Business License (Revised in 2117)

Article 5 The food and drug supervision and administration department shall implement classified licenses for food business according to the business forms of the main business entities and the risk degree of business projects.

article 11 an application for a food business license shall be made according to the business form of the main body of food business and the classification of business items.

the main formats of food business are divided into food sales operators, catering service operators and unit canteens. Where a food business operator applies for operating through the network, establishing a central kitchen or engaging in collective meal delivery, it shall be marked in brackets after the main business format.

food business items are divided into prepackaged foods sales (including frozen food, excluding frozen food), bulk food sales (including frozen food, excluding frozen food), special food sales (health food, formula food for special medical use, infant formula milk powder, other infant formula food) and other food sales; Hot food, cold food, raw food, cakes, homemade drinks and other foods.

The specific varieties listed in other kinds of food sales and other kinds of food manufacturing and selling shall be reported to china food and drug administration for approval before implementation, and clearly marked. Foods with hot, cold, raw, solid, liquid and other conditions that are difficult to be clearly classified can be classified according to the situation with the highest food safety risk level.

china food and drug administration can adjust the categories of food business items according to the needs of supervision and management.