The main procedures for applying for a QS enterprise food production license are as follows:

1. Have a business license or a pre-approval notice of the company name.

2. Have professional technical personnel and inspection and quarantine methods suitable for the products produced (help can be obtained through consulting companies).

3. Have production conditions suitable for the products produced, such as land certificates for production plants - if there is no land certificate, the township where you are located must go through the procedures to prove the construction land (can be established through a consulting company and rectification).

4. Have technical documents and process documents suitable for the products produced.

5. Have a sound and effective quality management system and responsibility system.

6. Products comply with relevant national standards, industry standards and requirements for protecting human health and personal and property safety.

7. It complies with the provisions of the national industrial policy. There is no backward technology, high energy consumption, environmental pollution, or waste of resources that the state has explicitly eliminated or prohibited investment in construction.

8. If laws and administrative regulations have other provisions, they must also comply with them.

9. Download the "Application for Food Production License" and the "Examination Rules" of the unit to which the declared product belongs on the website of the Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau. If you don't know how to download it or don't know the classification your product should belong to , please consult the local Quality Supervision Bureau. Enterprises in Henan Province can consult me. The application form from the Henan Provincial Bureau of Quality Supervision has generally been divided into application units and is in EXCEL format.

10. According to the requirements of the "Examination Rules", inspect, rectify, and improve whether your factory buildings, equipment, and documents are complete, and whether the products have test reports.

11. Fill out the "Application Form for Food Production License" and submit it to the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau.

12. Submission materials (materials required for QS food enterprise production license application) mainly include:

(1) "Food Production License Application Form" in triplicate.

(2) A copy of the business license or a copy of the pre-approval notice in triplicate.

(3) Enterprises renewing licenses must also provide copies of the original production license in triplicate.

(4) Organization code certificate (copy) in triplicate; if a code certificate is not required, a copy of the identity card of the person in charge of the enterprise must be provided in triplicate

(5) Production site layout drawings in triplicate.

(6) Process flow chart (marked with key equipment and parameters).

(7) Enterprise quality management documents in triplicate.

(8) Product standards. If there is no national standard for the product, the enterprise standard must be filed in triplicate with the quality and technical supervision department.

(9) Other information that should be provided as specified in the application form.

13. Special attention should be paid to the fact that the cover of the "Application for Food Production License" should be stamped with the official seal of the enterprise, and a copied seal is invalid.

14. After receiving the application materials, the Quality Supervision Bureau will verify that the materials meet the acceptance standards and notify the enterprise of the "Decision on Acceptance of Administrative Licensing Application"; the application fee is 2,200 (applying for two or more applications at the same time) Each additional one adds 440 yuan, but it will greatly increase the difficulty of applying)

15. The Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision assigns 2 to 4 examiners to form an examination team to conduct on-site inspections of the enterprise. The audit time is the enterprise should cooperate. (Companies are generally notified five days in advance)

16. If the on-site audit fails, the company should make rectifications quickly and reapply after two months. If you pass the review, proceed to the next step.

17. Seal the samples and deliver them to the inspection agency within 7 days. After completing the inspection, an inspection report will be issued. (The fees vary depending on the product type and are subject to national charging standards)

18. Make rectifications according to the rectification items proposed in the review, and further modify and improve the application materials.

19. The Quality Supervision Bureau will summarize and review the application materials, and the applying enterprise will wait for the issuance of the certificate.

15 working days

Enterprises engaged in food production and processing (including self-employed individuals) should obtain a production license according to prescribed procedures. Newly built and newly converted food enterprises should apply for a food production license from the Food and Drug Administration in a timely manner. After receiving the application materials from the enterprise, the provincial and municipal (prefecture) level Food and Drug Administration will form a review team within 15 working days to complete the review of the application, information and other documents. After the company's materials meet the requirements, a "Food Production License Acceptance Notice" will be issued.

20 working days

If the company’s application materials do not meet the requirements, the company must make corrections within 20 working days from the date of receiving the notice from the Food and Drug Administration. If the company fails to make corrections within the time limit, , the application will be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Review stage

40 working days

After the enterprise’s written materials are qualified, according to the food production license review rules, within 40 working days, the enterprise They must accept the on-site review of the enterprise's necessary conditions and factory inspection capabilities by the review team. For enterprises that pass the on-site review, the review team will take and seal samples on-site.

10 working days (1)

The review team or the enterprise applying for certification shall deliver the sample to the designated inspection agency within 10 working days (unless there are special provisions) Carry out inspection.

10 working days (2)

If the product meets the conditions for issuance after passing the necessary condition review and certification inspection, the local Food and Drug Administration shall within 10 working days The review report will be reviewed and confirmed to be correct before approval for issuance of the certificate.

Extended information

To apply for a food production license, you must meet the following conditions:

First: Have food raw material processing suitable for the variety and quantity of food produced. and food processing, packaging, storage and other places, keep the environment of the place clean and tidy, and keep a prescribed distance from toxic, harmful places and other sources of pollution.

Second: Have production equipment or facilities suitable for the variety and quantity of food produced, and have corresponding disinfection, changing, washing, daylighting, lighting, ventilation, anti-corrosion, dust-proof, fly-proof, anti-fly, etc. Equipment or facilities for rodent control, insect control, washing and wastewater treatment, and storage of garbage and waste; if the health food production process includes raw material extraction, purification and other pre-treatment processes, it is necessary to have raw material pre-processing equipment that is suitable for the variety and quantity of production or facility.

Third: Have full-time or part-time food safety managers and rules and regulations to ensure food safety.

Have reasonable equipment layout and process flow to prevent cross-contamination of food to be processed and directly imported food, raw materials and finished products, and avoid food contact with toxic and unclean substances. Other conditions stipulated by laws and regulations.

Reference: QS certified Baidu Encyclopedia