Legal analysis: Factories outsourcing canteens to catering units also need to apply for a Food Business License, and qualified catering units should be selected.

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 legal subject qualifications such as a business license. Enterprise legal person, partnership enterprise, sole proprietorship enterprise, 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. Article 11 An application for a food business license shall be made according to the business form of the main body 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.