Food hygiene license, referred to as hygiene license, is a hygiene license issued to units and individuals engaged in food production and business activities after examination and approval by the food and drug supervision and administration department. Units or individuals involved in food production need to apply for food hygiene licenses.
Any unit or individual engaged in food production and business activities shall declare to the administrative department of health, and go through the formalities for applying for a health license in accordance with the provisions; Only after examination and approval by the administrative department of health can they engage in food production and marketing activities and bear the responsibility of food hygiene in food production and marketing. Hygiene licenses for food additives, health food and new resource food production activities shall be issued by the provincial health administrative department.
Prepackaged foods sales (including frozen food, excluding frozen food); Bulk food sales (including frozen food, excluding frozen food, including cooked food in bulk, excluding cooked food in bulk); Special food sales (health food, formula food for special medical use, infant formula milk powder, other infant formula food); Other kinds of food sales; Manufacture and sale of hot food; The manufacture and sale of cold food; Manufacture and sale of raw food; Manufacture and sale of pastry food (including decorative cakes, excluding decorative cakes); Manufacture and sale of homemade drinks (including the manufacture and sale of homemade wine, excluding the manufacture and sale of homemade wine, including ready-made fresh milk drinks and excluding ready-made fresh milk drinks); Production and sale of other foods.
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Measures for the administration of food business license
Article 10 An application for a food business license shall be made according to the business forms of food business entities 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, setting up a central kitchen or delivering food collectively, it shall be indicated in brackets after the main business formats. Food business projects 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 purposes, infant formula milk powder, other infant formula food) and other food sales; Hot food, cold food, raw food, cakes, homemade drinks and other foods. Specific varieties listed in other food sales and other food manufacturing and selling shall be reported to China Food and Drug Administration for approval before implementation, and clearly marked. Foods that are difficult to be clearly classified in hot, cold, raw, solid and liquid conditions 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.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law
Article 2 Whoever engages in the following activities within the territory of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall abide by this Law:
(a) food production and processing (hereinafter referred to as food production), food circulation and catering services (hereinafter referred to as food business);
(2) Production and operation of food additives;
(3) Production and operation of packaging materials, containers, detergents and disinfectants for food and tools and equipment for food production and operation (hereinafter referred to as food-related products);
(four) the use of food additives and food-related products by food producers and operators;
(5) Safety management of food, food additives and food-related products.
The quality and safety management of edible agricultural products (hereinafter referred to as edible agricultural products) shall comply with the provisions of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on the Quality and Safety of Agricultural Products. However, the formulation of quality and safety standards for edible agricultural products and the publication of safety information for edible agricultural products shall comply with the relevant provisions of this Law.