article 1 to apply for a food production license, one should first obtain legal subject qualifications such as a business license.
enterprises as legal persons, partnerships, sole proprietorships, individual industrial and commercial households, etc., take the subject specified in the business license as the applicant.
article 11 an application for a food production license shall be made according to the following food categories: processed food, edible oil, grease and its products, condiments, meat products, dairy products, beverages, instant foods, biscuits, canned food, frozen drinks, quick-frozen foods, potatoes and puffed foods, candy products, tea and related products, alcohol, vegetable products, fruit products, roasted seeds and nuts, and egg products. Starch and starch products, cakes, bean products, bee products, health foods, formula foods for special medical purposes, infant formula foods, special dietary foods, other foods, etc.
china food and drug administration can adjust food categories according to the needs of supervision and management.
Article 12 To apply for a food production license, the following conditions shall be met:
(1) Having a place for the processing of food raw materials and the processing, packaging and storage of food, keeping the environment of the place clean and tidy, and keeping a prescribed distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources.
(2) having production equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food produced, and having corresponding equipment or facilities for disinfection, dressing, washing, lighting, ventilation, corrosion prevention, dust prevention, fly prevention, rodent prevention, insect prevention, washing, wastewater treatment and garbage and waste storage; If the production process of health food has pretreatment procedures such as raw material extraction and purification, it is necessary to have raw material pretreatment equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of production.
(3) having full-time or part-time food safety management personnel and rules and regulations to ensure food safety.
(4) It has a reasonable equipment layout and technological process, so as to prevent cross-contamination between the food to be processed and the directly-imported food, raw materials and finished products, and avoid food from contacting with toxic and unclean substances.
(5) Other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.
Article 13 To apply for a food production license, the following materials shall be submitted to the local food and drug supervision and administration department at or above the county level where the applicant is located:
(1) An application for a food production license;
(2) a copy of the business license;
(3) the plan of the food production and processing place and its surrounding environment, the layout plan of each functional area, the layout plan of process equipment and the flow chart of food production process;
(4) List of major equipment and facilities for food production;
(5) rules and regulations to ensure food safety, such as incoming inspection records, production process control, ex-factory inspection records, food safety self-inspection, health management of employees, recall of unsafe food, and handling of food safety accidents.
if the applicant entrusts others to apply for a food production license, the agent shall submit the power of attorney and the identity certificate of the agent.
article 14 when applying for the production license of health food, formula food for special medical use and formula food for infants and young children, the production quality management system documents and relevant registration and filing documents suitable for the food produced shall also be submitted.
article 15 whoever engages in the production of food additives shall obtain the production license of food additives according to law.
to apply for a food additive production license, one should have a place, production equipment or facilities, food safety management personnel, professional and technical personnel and management system suitable for the variety of food additives produced.