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Q&A of Food Business License

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Nowadays, more and more people want to engage in food business, but food safety has always been a very important issue. How to ensure food safety? So, there is a food business license, but if you want to apply for a food business license, you need to go through strict audit. Now let’s know more about how to apply for food business license in Shanghai?

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What are the common classifications of food business license?
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Food business licenses can be classified according to the main business types and business forms. According to the main format, there are food sales operators and catering service operators canteen. According to the classification of business items, there are pre-packaged food sales; bulk food sales; special food sales; other types of food sales; hot food production and sales; cold food production and sales; raw food production and sales; pastry food production and sales; self-made drinks and other types of food production and sales.

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What are the application conditions of food business license?
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  • It shall have food raw material processing, food processing, sales, storage and other places suitable for the variety and quantity of food to be operated, keep the environment clean and tidy, and keep the prescribed distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources.

  • It shall have the business equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of the food to be sold, and the corresponding equipment or facilities for disinfection, changing clothes, washing, daylighting, lighting, ventilation, anti-corrosion, dust prevention, fly prevention, rodent prevention, insect prevention, washing, waste water treatment, garbage and waste storage.

  • There are full-time or part-time food safety management personnel and rules and regulations to ensure food safety.

  • It has reasonable equipment layout and process flow to prevent cross contamination between food to be processed and directly imported food, raw materials and finished products, and avoid food contact with poisons and unclean substances.

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What are the requirements of food business license for business premises?
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  • For the sale of ordinary pre-packaged food, the address area should be more than 20 square meters. In addition, there are differences in the handling of cooked food with or without frozen storage.

  • Dairy products sales, address requirements are to have 100 Ping office, 60 Ping warehouse, such as infant milk powder and so on.

  • Beef and mutton products sales, requirements to have 60 square office, must be a facade, if not a facade also if the first floor.

  • Pig products sales, address area requirements less, generally 20 square is enough, but must be the first floor of the facade.

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What are the other laws and regulations related to food business license?
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The application for food business license refers to the fact that the food operator needs to obtain a license to engage in food business activities in a business place, otherwise it is illegal business operation; the change of food business license refers to the change of the company name, legal representative, registered address, business site, business project and other information in the original food business license; the cancellation of food business license refers to the original Some food business license has not reached or has reached the five-year term, and the licensed company needs to submit an application for cancellation to the food and Drug Administration of the competent department due to business factors; the renewal of food business license refers to that the company needs to apply to the competent department food and drug administration if it wants to continue to use the original food business license after the five-year validity period of the original food business license has expired Submit renewal application.

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