Do I have to have a health certificate to apply for a catering license?

You need a health certificate to apply for a catering business license.

License conditions:

1. Having food raw material processing, food processing and storage places suitable for the variety and quantity of food to be produced and supplied, keeping the environment of the places clean and tidy, and keeping a specified distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources;

2. There are business equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food produced and supplied, and there are corresponding equipment or facilities such as disinfection, changing clothes, washing hands, lighting, ventilation, refrigeration, dust prevention, fly prevention, rodent prevention, insect prevention, washing, wastewater treatment and garbage and waste storage;

3, with food safety training, in line with the relevant conditions of food safety management personnel, as well as in line with the actual rules and regulations of the unit to ensure food safety;

4. It has a reasonable layout and processing flow to prevent the food to be processed from cross-contamination with direct food, raw materials and finished products, and avoid the food from contacting with toxic and unclean substances;

5. Other conditions stipulated by the State Food and Drug Administration of the United States or the food and drug administrations of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.

Extended data

Materials to be submitted for catering license:

(1) An application for a catering service license;

(two) the name pre-approval certificate (a copy of the business license can be provided for those who have engaged in other businesses);

(3) A copy of the identity certificate of the legal representative (person in charge or owner);

(four) whether the directly responsible person in charge has proof of violation;

(five) certification materials of food safety management personnel trained by the food and drug supervision and administration department;

(six) the certificate of health examination and food safety knowledge training for catering service employees;

(seven) proof of the legitimate use of the house ownership certificate or lease agreement of the catering service place. The location of catering service places should meet the requirements (the location is more than 25m away from pollution sources such as cesspits, sewage ponds, open-air garbage dumps (stations) and dry toilets, and it is set outside the influence range of diffuse pollution sources such as dust, harmful gases and radioactive substances);

(eight) the location map, floor plan and equipment layout, processing flow, sanitary facilities and other schematic diagrams and descriptions of the catering service business premises (the total area of the business premises, the name and area of each functional room, the location of sanitary facilities such as cleaning and disinfection, the location of doors and windows, and the direction of people flow and logistics should be indicated);

(nine) rules and regulations to ensure food safety;

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