Unit canteens include organs, institutions, social organizations, private non-enterprise units , enterprises, etc., supplying internal workers, students and other centralized dining food service providers. Commonly found in schools, companies, factories and military barracks, is a large number of people collective dining place. Most of the unit cafeteria is attached to the unit's logistics department, is generally considered to belong to the non-profit.

"School canteens and student collective dining health management regulations" Article 35: canteen: school-run canteens, contracted canteens and college logistics after the socialization of the entity dedicated to providing students with dining services.

Enterprises that need to apply for a food business license:

1, food sales operators, including shopping malls and supermarkets, convenience stores, grocery stores, food traders, food vending sellers, network food sellers of six forms of business.

2, food service operators, including general catering (extra-large, large, medium-sized, small, micro), the central kitchen, collective meal delivery units three forms of business.

3, unit canteens, including student canteens, child care institutions, canteens, staff canteens, site canteens, other canteens five forms of operation.