Q: Do I need a food distribution permit to sell food online？
A: Yes。Any sale of pre-packaged food requires a food circulation permit。

1, as long as it is the sale of pre-packaged food, no matter how, where, regardless of offline or online need to handle the food circulation license is a legal sales behavior。Otherwise, it is illegal。

2. The so-called prepackaged food refers to the interpretation of the term "prepackaged food" in accordance with the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China: prepackaged food refers to prepackaged quantitative packaging or production in packaging materials and contents
Food in a jar。In popular terms, it is all kinds of food with external packaging bags (boxes)。

3, not all food needs to handle food circulation license。
For example, it is not necessary to obtain a food circulation license to engage in the following five types of food circulation business activities:
1) The food producer who has obtained the food production license sells the food produced at its production site;
2) It is a catering service provider that has obtained a catering service license to sell its processed food in its catering service premises;
3) Sales of edible agricultural products;
4) is the sale of food additives;
5) It is specially provided by laws and regulations。