Do you need a health certificate for food business license?

Legal analysis: you must submit a health certificate to apply for a food business license. Food business must have a health certificate, and now there is no food circulation license, only a food business license. If this is not discovered by the relevant departments, the fee will be deducted. Health certificate refers to the certificate of preventive health examination, which proves that the examinee has the health quality required to engage in business. Health certificate mainly involves six diseases in five industries, which largely protects the health of employees and clients.

Legal basis: Article 9 of the Measures for the Administration of Food Circulation Permit: To apply for a food circulation permit, it shall meet the food safety standards and meet the following requirements: (1) It shall have a place for processing food raw materials, food processing, packaging and storage. Keeping the environment of the place clean and tidy, keeping a prescribed distance from toxic and harmful places and other pollution sources, in line with the variety and quantity of food it deals in; (2) Having equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food in business, and having corresponding equipment or facilities for disinfection, dressing, washing, lighting, ventilation, anticorrosion, dust prevention, fly prevention, rodent prevention, insect prevention, washing, waste water treatment and garbage and waste storage; (3) Having professional and technical personnel and management personnel for food safety and rules and regulations for ensuring food safety; (4) Having a reasonable equipment layout and technological process, preventing the food to be processed from cross-contamination with directly imported food, raw materials and finished products, and preventing the food from contacting with toxic and unclean substances.