The Catering Service License is applicable to food production and processing enterprises.
"Food Circulation Permit" is aimed at enterprises selling stereotyped packaged food.
Catering service license, the State Food and Drug Administration pointed out that catering service license is classified according to the format and scale of catering service operators. Catering service supervision departments at all levels shall, in accordance with the requirements of the Food Safety Law and the relevant provisions of local catering service supervision, strengthen the catering service licensing work in their respective jurisdictions according to law, print and issue catering service licenses in strict accordance with the prescribed style and content, and ensure that the catering service licensing work is carried out in an orderly and fair manner according to law.
The "Food Circulation Permit" clarifies the issue, conditions, procedures and connection with food hygiene permits. Food business operators must adhere to the principle of "license before license", and may not go through the registration formalities without obtaining the pre-approval documents.