1, for different objects. Small food store registration certificate is aimed at "three small" food workshops, small food stores and small stalls; The Food Business License is aimed at all production and business activities of the food industry.
2. Different applicable laws and regulations. The registration certificate of small food stores is only applicable to local laws and regulations, and the food business license is applicable to the Measures for the Administration of Catering Service Licensing, which is a national law and regulation.
3. Different roles. Small workshops, shops and stalls basically have no fixed legal locations, and most of them have no business licenses. The registration certificate of small food stores has played the role of "temporary id card"; "Food Business License" is only an industry business license certificate.
Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Catering Service License
Article 2 These Measures shall apply to units and individuals engaged in catering services (hereinafter referred to as catering service providers), and shall not apply to food vendors and units and individuals providing semi-finished food for catering service providers. A licensing system shall be implemented for catering services. The catering service provider shall obtain the "Catering Service License" and bear the responsibility for food safety of catering services according to law. Collective dining distribution units are included in the scope of catering service license management.
Article 3 The State Food and Drug Administration of the United States shall be in charge of the administration of catering service licenses nationwide, and local food and drug supervision and administration departments at all levels shall be responsible for the administration of catering service licenses within their respective administrative areas.
Twenty-seventh "catering service license" shall specify the name, address, legal representative (person in charge or owner), category, remarks, license number, issuing authority (official seal), issuing date, validity period and other contents.
Article 28 The style of the Catering Service License shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Food and Drug Administration of the United States. The format of license number is: abbreviation of province, autonomous region and municipality directly under the central government+meal certificate word +4-digit year number +6-digit administrative region code +6-digit administrative region issuing sequence number.
Twenty-ninth "catering service license" is valid for 3 years. Temporarily engaged in catering service activities, the validity of the "catering service license" shall not exceed 6 months.
Thirtieth the same catering service provider engaged in catering service activities in different places or places, should be handled separately "catering service license". Where the business premises or places of catering services change, it shall re-apply for the Catering Service License.
Article 31 The catering service license obtained by a catering service provider shall not be transferred, altered, lent, resold or leased. The catering service provider shall operate in accordance with the permitted scope, and hang or place the Catering Service Permit in a prominent position in the catering place.