How to File a Contracted Meal Service Business Report — Facility Standards, Required Documents, and Group Meal Service Facility Outsourcing Contract

Procedure

1. 1. Confirm the type of business

   A contracted meal service business is one that concludes a contract with an institution that establishes and operates a group meal service facility and cooks and serves food at that facility. It is a different reported business type from a lunch box business that cooks at its own premises and only delivers.

2. 2. Prepare the office and storage facilities

   An independent office for business activities is required. Have a warehouse where food ingredients can be stored hygienically and refrigeration (10°C or below) and freezing (-18°C or below) facilities, and store raw materials and finished products separately.

3. 3. Secure transport facilities

   Keep at least 1 transport vehicle with a refrigerated and frozen cargo compartment, or substitute for it by concluding a transport contract with a food transport business operator. Where you use the facilities of the meal service facility you are entrusted with, this is confirmed through the contract terms.

4. 4. Sanitation education and health examination

   The business operator completes the food sanitation education for new business operators before filing the report (exempt if the operator holds a cook, dietitian or sanitarian license). Cooking staff should have their health examinations done, and if groundwater is used, prepare a disinfection device and the water quality test results.

5. 5. File the business report with the competent city, county or district office

   Attach the education completion certificate and facility materials to the business report form and submit it to the sanitation department of the city, county or district (si/gun/gu) office having jurisdiction over the location of the place of business. The business report certificate is issued after the official in charge checks the facilities.

Required documents

• Food business report form
• Food sanitation education completion certificate (exempt for a business operator who holds a cook, dietitian or sanitarian license)
• Office lease contract or materials showing the right to use the office, building register
• Status and photos of the warehouse and the refrigeration and freezing facilities
• Transport vehicle registration certificate or transport contract with a food transport business operator
• Group meal service facility outsourcing contract, copy of the certificate of report of establishment of the meal service facility (if requested by the competent office)
• Copies of dietitian and cook licenses, staff health examination results (if applicable)
• Water quality test report if groundwater is used

Fees

A business report involves the city, county or district office fee and the sanitation education fee. At Hwang Yunsang Administrative Office, the service fee for a food business report starts from 300,000 won (VAT excluded). It varies with the scope of reviewing the office and warehouse requirements and organizing the outsourcing contract documents, and we inform you of the fee after a consultation.

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Legal basis and review date

• Food Sanitation Act, Article 37
• Food Sanitation Act, Article 41
• Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 21
• Enforcement Decree of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 25
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, Article 42
• Enforcement Rule of the Food Sanitation Act, attached Table 14

Checked against the statutes on 2026-09-30

Statutes and public notices change, so each case needs to be checked individually. Statute titles are given in English for reference. The Korean statutes are the authoritative text.

Check these first

• The business report certificate must already be issued by the start date of the outsourcing contract, so set up the office and warehouse and file the report ahead of the contract schedule.

Frequently asked questions