National standard for food safety, general hygienic standard for catering services

Legal analysis: The national food safety standard "General Hygienic Standard for Catering Services" includes terms and definitions, places and layout, facilities and equipment, procurement, transportation, acceptance and storage of raw materials, food safety control during processing, food supply requirements, distribution requirements, cleaning and maintenance, waste management, pest control, personnel health and hygiene, training and food safety management.

Legal basis: Article 2 of the Standardization Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) The standards mentioned in this Law (including standard samples) refer to the technical requirements that need to be unified in agriculture, industry, service industry and social undertakings.

Standards include national standards, industry standards, local standards, group standards and enterprise standards. National standards are divided into mandatory standards and recommended standards, while industry standards and local standards are recommended standards.

Mandatory standards must be implemented. The state encourages the adoption of recommended standards.