A food business license is required to sell food online.

The "Online Food Business Supervision and Management Measures (Draft for Comments)" issued by the State Food and Drug Administration clarifies that online food sales must obtain a food business license or registration certificate. If the third-party online food trading platform cannot provide The operator is responsible for specific information.

This means that after the "Online Food Business Supervision and Management Measures" are officially implemented, online stores without a food business license or that have not yet been registered will no longer be able to sell food online. Food active in the circle of friends WeChat stores cannot simply start selling with a shout. The "Measures" improve the online food safety guarantee system and play a role in regulating and promoting the online food industry.

Extended information

The following seven categories of situations require a food business license

1. If the same food business operator engages in food business activities in more than two business locations, "Food Business License" should be applied for according to different locations.

2. Operators in other industries also operate pre-packaged food or bulk food.

3. Canteens run by government agencies, public institutions, social groups, private non-enterprise units, enterprises, etc.

4. Those who have independent entity qualifications to engage in the business of ready-made and ready-to-sell food in shopping malls and supermarkets.

5. Food producers set up special sales outlets to sell self-produced and processed food or concurrently operate other foods.

6. Those who do not have physical stores but have food storage places to engage in online food operations or vending machine food operations.

7. Other situations stipulated by laws and regulations.

The following four types of situations do not require a food business license

1. A food producer who has obtained a food production license sells the food he produces in his production site.

2. Selling only edible agricultural products.

3. Vendors who adopt mobile or temporary operations, or engage in traditional and local food operations.

4. If there are other provisions in laws and regulations, such provisions shall prevail, such as the sale of special food for the military, the sale of food in railway and civil aviation operations, etc.

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