My school provides boarding services for the students. We provide a hostel kitchen for the students to prepare their own food. Do we need to obtain a SFA canteen licence?

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No. Since the food prepared is for personal consumption and not for sale, the hostel kitchen does not need to be licensed. However, a SFA Food Shop Licence would be required if the hostel kitchen is managed by a third-party operator to serve food to the student residents via a service contract. When applying for the Food Shop Licence, the third-party operator should select 'Canteen' as the type to describe the food business activity.

My school provides boarding services for the students. We provide a hostel kitchen for the students to prepare their own food. Do we need to obtain a SFA canteen licence?

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