five years. Article 135 of the Food Safety Law: Food producers and operators whose licenses have been revoked, their legal representatives, the directly responsible persons in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall not apply for food production and operation licenses, or engage in food production and operation management, or serve as food safety management personnel of food production and operation enterprises within five years from the date of making the punishment decision. The website of the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China today issued the Measures for the Administration of Catering Service License (Order No.71 of the Ministry of Health), which stipulates that the directly responsible person in charge of a unit whose catering service license has been revoked shall not engage in catering service management for five years from the date when the punishment decision is made. It is reported that this method has been implemented since May 1, 2111.