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The differences between food business license and food circulation license are as follows: 1. The Measures for the Administration of Food Business License issued by the Food and Drug Administration was formally implemented on October 1, 2115, and the food circulation license and catering service license were merged into a food business license. 2. The food circulation license was previously required for food wholesale and retail, excluding food processing. The food business license includes small workshops, restaurants, pastry shops and shops that operate wholesale and retail without a food production license. 3. After the Food Business License is activated, the Food Circulation License and the Catering Service License will be stopped at the same time, and the certificates that are still valid can continue to be used. In the future, food business licenses will be issued if new applications are made for food business activities and the original certificates expire or need to be renewed. An application for a food business license shall be made according to the main business format of food business 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, establishing a central kitchen or engaging in collective meal delivery, it shall be marked in brackets after the main business format. 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 with hot, cold, raw, solid, liquid and other conditions that are difficult to be clearly classified 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 projects according to the needs of supervision and management.