There are two types of catering enterprises: catering companies and catering management companies. Their common business scope mainly includes catering services, food circulation, enterprise management consulting, food production and food sales. Comparatively speaking, the business scope of catering management companies focuses on management, such as catering enterprise management, catering investment management, catering management consultation, catering project planning and investment, food processing technology consultation and transfer, catering resource integration management, catering cultural exchange and catering product exhibition. While catering companies mainly focus on catering services. For example, the production of Chinese food and beverage, western food and beverage, cold dishes, barbecue cooked meat, drinks and prepackaged foods and other food licensing projects.

the catering industry, the main content of which is that organizations or individuals engaged in this industry (such as restaurants, hotels, food processing plants) can meet the dietary needs of diners by processing food, so as to obtain corresponding service income. Due to the different eating habits and tastes of different people in different regions and cultures, restaurants around the world show diversified characteristics. After the general industrial and agricultural products are produced, most of them have to go through multiple circulation links before they can reach consumers. If the products fail to pass the quality inspection before leaving the factory, they can be reworked. In the store, the products you think are not satisfied can be ignored, but the catering products are different. Its production, sales and consumption are almost synchronous, so the producer and consumer are face-to-face service and face-to-face consumption.

Legal basis:

Company Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 12 The business scope of a company shall be stipulated in the articles of association and registered according to law. A company may amend its articles of association and change its business scope, but it shall register the change. Items within the company's business scope that are subject to approval according to laws and administrative regulations shall be approved according to law.

Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 33 Food production and operation shall conform to food safety standards and meet the following requirements:

(1) It shall have places for food raw material processing, food processing, packaging and storage that are suitable for the variety and quantity of food produced and operated, keep the environment of the places clean and tidy, and keep a specified distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources;

(2) having production and operation equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food produced and operated, and having corresponding equipment or facilities for disinfection, dressing, washing, lighting, ventilation, corrosion prevention, dust prevention, fly prevention, rodent prevention, insect prevention, washing, wastewater treatment and garbage and waste storage;

(3) Having full-time or part-time food safety professionals, food safety managers and rules and regulations to ensure food safety;

(4) It has a reasonable equipment layout and technological process to prevent cross-contamination between food to be processed and directly imported food, raw materials and finished products, and to avoid food contact with toxic and unclean substances;

(5) Tableware, drinking utensils and containers for direct food should be washed and disinfected before use, and cookware and utensils should be washed and kept clean after use;

(6) Containers, tools and equipment for storing, transporting and loading and unloading food shall be safe and harmless, kept clean to prevent food contamination, and meet special requirements such as temperature and humidity required to ensure food safety. Food shall not be stored and transported together with toxic and harmful substances;

(7) Non-toxic and clean packaging materials, tableware, drinking utensils and containers should be used for food for direct entrance;

(8) personnel engaged in food production and marketing should maintain personal hygiene, wash their hands and wear clean work clothes and hats when producing and marketing food; Non-toxic and clean containers, selling tools and equipment should be used when selling unpackaged food for direct import;

(9) Water use shall conform to the hygienic standards for drinking water stipulated by the state;

(11) The detergents and disinfectants used shall be safe and harmless to human body;

(11) other requirements stipulated by laws and regulations.

non-food producers and business operators engaged in food storage, transportation and loading and unloading shall comply with the provisions of item 6 of the preceding paragraph.