Is the food business license the same as the catering license?

No, the food business license is the code of the industrial and commercial business license, and the catering service license is the certificate provided when going to the tax bureau to do business. Food business license is usually referred to as "tax number" for short. The catering service license is the number on the tax registration certificate, and the identification number of each enterprise is unique. The Catering Service Permit is registered in the business license.

However, according to the Decision on Integrating and Adjusting Hygiene Permit and Food Business Permit in Public Places of Catering Service Places issued by the State Council on February 29th, 20th16th:

Cancel the hygiene licenses issued by local health departments to restaurants, cafes, bars and teahouses, and integrate the contents of food safety licenses into the food business licenses issued by food and drug supervision departments, which will permit and supervise them.

This means that restaurants, cafes, bars and teahouses no longer need to apply for hygiene licenses issued by health and family planning departments, and hygiene licenses and food business licenses (that is, catering service licenses) are "integrated".

Extended data:

Materials to be submitted for catering license:

1. application for catering service license;

2. Name pre-approval certificate (a copy of 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);

4. The directly responsible person in charge has no violation certificate;

5, food safety management personnel by the food and drug supervision and management department training;

6, catering service practitioners health examination and food safety knowledge training certificate;

7. Relevant legal use certificates such as house ownership certificate or lease agreement of catering service places. 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);

8. The location map, floor plan, 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);

9. Various rules and regulations to ensure food safety.

Xinhuanet-Decision on the Integration of Catering Service Places and the Adjustment of Hygiene Permit in Public Places

Baidu encyclopedia-catering permission