How Do I Get a Food Hygiene Certificate?

A food sanitation license is referred to as a sanitation license. It is a sanitation permit issued by units and individuals engaged in food production and business activities after review and approval by the food and drug supervision and administration department.

Food Sanitation License

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A food sanitation license is referred to as a sanitation license. It is a sanitation permit issued by units and individuals engaged in food production and business activities after review and approval by the food and drug supervision and administration department.

In simple terms, only units or individuals involved in food production need to apply for a food hygiene license.

Chinese name

Food Sanitation License

Foreign name

Food Sanitation License

Zhuyin

shípnwèishngxkzhèng

Short name

Health permit

Category

Health certificate

Basic meaning

According to the "Administrative Measures on Food Hygiene Permit" issued by the Ministry of Health in December 2005, "Any unit or individual engaged in food production and operation activities shall report to the administrative department of health and go through the procedures for applying for a sanitary permit in accordance with regulations; Only after reviewing and approving can they engage in food production and operation activities and assume food hygiene responsibility for food production and operation. "

"The health administrative department of the local people's government complies with these Measures and issues health permits to food producers and operators."

"The health permits for the production activities of food additive, health food and new resource food production enterprises are issued by the provincial health administrative department."

Remarks : As the Measures for the Administration of Food Hygiene Permits have expired, the food sanitation permits for the implementation of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China in 2009 were replaced by food production permits, food circulation permits, and catering service permits. ^[1] The revised version of the new "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" implemented on October 1, 2015 has undergone further reforms. Food production companies need to obtain food production licenses, and food sales and catering service companies need to obtain food business licenses. . ^[2]

Approval materials

Catering unit

(1) Application for health permit;

(2) A copy of the name pre-approval notice;

(3) A copy of the identity certificate and other certification materials of the legal representative or responsible person (including the board resolutions, articles of association or appointment documents, and photo IDs);

(4) Certificate of use of food production and business premises (proof of house property right or lease agreement), contract or agreement;

(5) The floor plan of the production and operation place (including the directions, the names and areas of the functional rooms and auxiliary rooms, the building materials on the walls, floors, and ceiling surfaces, various equipment, sanitary facilities, and placement or installation locations. As far as possible Indicate all the contents involved in the sanitary license review, one page is not enough, and additional pages can be added);

(6) The organization's health management organization and various health management systems and systems (school canteens must provide a school food poisoning emergency response work plan);

(7) Health examination certificate for employees (with official seal of the medical examination institution) and qualification certificate for health knowledge training for employees (with official seal of the training institution);

(8) Examination questions for health knowledge training for employees (one for each person, which must be answered manually).

(9) "Three Certificates" (hygiene permit, business license, product inspection certificate or inspection report) of purchased raw materials (such as rice, noodles, oil, and meat) and meat inspection and quarantine certificates.

(10) A copy of the agreement (contract) for the treatment of water or waste edible oils and fats.

Note: The materials required for renewal are (1), (3), (7), (8), a copy of the business license, and the original old health permit. ^[1]

Beauty accommodation

(1) Application for health permit;

(2) A copy of the pre-approval notice of the company name;

(3) A photocopy of the identity documents of the legal representative or person in charge (including the board resolutions, articles of association or appointment documents, and photocopy of ID cards);

(4) Copies of materials (certificate of property right or lease agreement, contract or agreement) in public places;

(5) Plan layout of public places (indicate the orientation, the names and areas of functional rooms, auxiliary rooms, and the placement or installation of various equipment and sanitary facilities. As far as possible, indicate all the contents involved in the sanitary permit review, and one page is not enough , With additional pages);

(6) There should be a disinfection room in the public place and provide a floor plan of the disinfection room (the area of the disinfection room, the location of various disinfection facilities, the model and specifications of the disinfection equipment);

(7) The beauty and hairdressing industry shall provide the "three certificates" of the cosmetic products used and the sanitary inspection qualification certificate of the product, and the accommodation and bathing categories shall provide the water quality inspection qualification certificate.

(8) The organization's health management organization, various health management, and disinfection systems;

(9) Health examination certificate for employees (with official seal of the medical examination institution) and qualification certificate for health knowledge training for employees (with official seal of the training institution);

(10) Test questions for health knowledge training for employees (one for each person, which must be answered manually).

Remarks: The materials required for renewal are (1), (3), (7), (9), a copy of the business license, and the original old health permit. ^[1]

Food additives

(1) Application for health permit;

(2) A copy of the pre-approval notice of the company name;

(3) A copy of the identity certificate and other certification materials of the legal representative or responsible person (including the board resolutions, articles of association or appointment documents, and photo IDs);

(4) Certificate of use of food production site (proof of house property right or lease agreement), contract or agreement;

(5) The floor plan of the production site (indicate the orientation, the names and areas of the functional rooms, auxiliary rooms, wall, floor and ceiling surface building materials, various equipment, sanitary facilities, and placement or installation locations. As far as possible, indicate hygiene All the content involved in the license review, one page is not enough, additional pages can be added);

(6) Description of production and operation items, production product names, raw materials, formulas, and production processes;

(7) Sanitary quality inspection qualification report and evaluation report of three batches of samples of the produced product or trial product (recent report, no more than one year);

(8) Water quality information and inspection report of production water (please provide if necessary);

(9) List of applicants' health management organizations and various internal systems of health management.

(10) Medical examination certificate of all employees (with official seal of medical examination institution) and registration form of qualified certificate of health knowledge training for employees (with official seal of training institution);

(11) Test questions for health knowledge training for practitioners (one for each person, which must be answered manually).

Remarks: The materials required for renewal are (1), (3), (7), (8), (10), (11), a photocopy of the business license, and the original old health permit. ^[1]

Food sales

(1) Application form for administrative license;

(2) A notice of pre-approval of the company name or a copy of the business license;

(3) Certificate of qualification of legal representative or person in charge (resolutions of the board of directors, articles of association or appointment documents, photocopies of identity certificates or identification materials of owners);

(4) A copy of the certificate of use (production house property certificate or lease contract) of the production and business premises;

(5) Plan of production and business premises, site layout (scale not less than 1: 200);

(6) Enterprise health management organizations and systems;

(7) Completion acceptance sanitary certificate for new construction, reconstruction and expansion projects. ^[1]

Food vendor

(1) Application form for administrative license;

(2) A copy of the ID card of the person in charge or the owner;

(3) Non-mobile vendors should provide proof of use of the venue;

(4) Health certificate of employees and food hygiene knowledge training certificate. ^[1]

Secondary water supply

(1) Application for sanitation permit for secondary water supply;

(2) A copy of the identity certificate and other proof materials of the legal representative or person in charge (including the resolutions of the board of directors, articles of association or appointment documents, and copies of ID cards). To entrust the management of the property company, it is necessary to provide the entrusted contract or agreement and the identity certificate of the legal representative or person in charge of the property company;

(3) health management organizations and various health management systems;

(4) Health inspection certificate for water supply and water management personnel (with the official seal of the medical examination institution) and registration form for the qualification certificate for water knowledge training for water supply and water management personnel (with the official seal of the training institution);

(5) Floor plans of secondary water supply facilities, water quality production, storage, water treatment, disinfection equipment and protection;

(6) Water supply pipeline conditions (where water supply pipelines are marked in blue and sewage pipelines are marked in red);

(7) Provide a water quality sanitation test report issued by a legally qualified sanitary technical service agency;

(8) Copies of cleaning and disinfection agreements for secondary water supply facilities and cleaning and disinfection of water supply facility cleaning and disinfection units, or a copy of the business license of the unit or providing certification materials that can confirm that the cleaning and disinfection is actually performed. Time, disinfection personnel);

Hygiene knowledge training test questions for employees (one for each person, which must be answered manually) and a copy of the business license.

Remarks: The materials required for renewal are (1), (4), (7), (8), (9), a photocopy of the business license, and the original old health permit. ^[1]