A food business license refers to a food business license issued by a legal entity engaged in food sales and catering services in People's Republic of China (PRC) with the approval of the food and drug supervision and administration department. The food business license is based on the principle of one place and one license, that is, a food business operator shall obtain a food business license when engaging in food business activities in the business premises. The date of issuance of the Food Business License is the date when the licensing decision is made, and the validity period is 5 years.
To apply for a food business license, one should first obtain the qualifications of a legal subject such as a business license. Enterprise legal person, partnership enterprise, sole proprietorship enterprise, individual industrial and commercial households, etc. The applicant is the subject specified in the business license. For canteens of government agencies, institutions, social organizations, private non-enterprise units, enterprises and other tendering units, the applicant shall be the subject specified in the registration certificate or business license of the registration certificate of government agencies, institutions and social organizations as legal persons.
It has a place for processing food raw materials, food processing, sales and storage that is suitable for the variety and quantity of food it deals in, and keeps the environment of the place clean and tidy, and keeps a prescribed distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources.
It has business equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food it deals in, and has corresponding equipment or facilities such as disinfection, changing clothes, washing, lighting, ventilation, corrosion prevention, dust prevention, fly prevention, rodent prevention, insect prevention, washing, wastewater treatment and garbage and waste storage.
There are full-time or part-time food safety managers and rules and regulations to ensure food safety.
It has a reasonable equipment layout and technological process to prevent the food to be processed from cross-contamination with direct food, raw materials and finished products, and to prevent the food from contacting with toxic and unclean substances.
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People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law
Article 8 The people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate food safety work into the national economic and social development plan at the corresponding level, incorporate food safety work funds into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level, strengthen the capacity building of food safety supervision and management, and provide guarantee for food safety work. The food safety supervision and management departments of the people's governments at or above the county level and other relevant departments shall strengthen communication and close cooperation, exercise their functions and powers and assume responsibilities according to their respective responsibilities.