according to the relevant laws of our country, those who contract to operate canteens of centralized dining units shall obtain food business licenses according to law and be responsible for the food safety of canteens. The centralized dining unit shall urge the contractor to implement the food safety management system and assume the management responsibility.

the canteen in the enterprise should be licensed.

no matter whether the company canteen is operated externally or not, as long as catering is involved, it must apply for the corresponding license, and operating without the corresponding license belongs to unlicensed operation. The enterprise canteen must apply for a food business license (the catering service license has been changed to a food business license), which shall be handled by the local food and drug administration.

To apply for a food business license, the following conditions shall be met:

1. Having a place for food raw material processing, food processing, sales and storage that is suitable for the variety and quantity of food to be operated, keeping the environment of the place clean and tidy, and keeping a prescribed distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources;

2. It has operating equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food it deals in, and corresponding equipment or facilities for disinfection, changing clothes, 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 management personnel and rules and regulations to ensure food safety;

4. Have 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 avoid food contact with toxic and unclean substances;

5. Other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.

I hope the above contents can help you. If you have any other questions, please consult a professional lawyer.

Legal basis:

Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Food Business License. To apply for a food business license, one should first obtain the legal subject qualifications such as a business license.

enterprises as legal persons, partnerships, sole proprietorships, individual industrial and commercial households, etc., take the subject specified in the business license as the applicant.

for the canteens of government agencies, institutions, social organizations, private non-enterprise units, enterprises and other bidding units, the applicant shall be the subject specified in the registration certificate or business license of the legal person registration certificate of government agencies or institutions and social organizations.