Article 20 To establish a food production enterprise, the name of the enterprise shall be approved in advance, a food production license shall be obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety Law, and then industrial and commercial registration shall be conducted. Quality supervision and management departments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws and administrative regulations, consult relevant materials, inspect production sites and inspect related products; If the relevant materials and sites meet the specified requirements and the relevant products meet the food safety standards or requirements, a decision shall be made to grant the license.

Other food producers and business operators shall go through industrial and commercial registration after obtaining the corresponding food production license, food circulation license and catering service license according to law. Where laws and regulations provide otherwise for food production and processing workshops and food vendors, such provisions shall prevail.

The validity period of food production license, food circulation license and catering service license is 3 years.