Supermarket Licence
- Validity
- 1 year
- Processing time
- 7 working days if application is complete and in order
- Issuing authority
- SINGAPORE FOOD AGENCY (SFA)
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Who needs the Supermarket Licence
This licence applies to Singapore businesses registered under the following SSIC industry codes:
- Required to operate47101 — Supermarkets and hypermarkets
Includes: 47101 Supermarkets and hypermarkets
- Required to operate47102 — Mini-marts, convenience stores and provision shops
Includes: 47102 Mini-marts, convenience stores and provision shops
- Required to operate47103 — Department stores
Includes: 47103 Department stores
Required documents and prerequisites
Items the applicant typically needs ready before submitting:
- Planning Permission/Change of Use approval
- Approval from URA/HDB for the use of the premises
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PNG,PDF
- Maximum upload per application: 5MB
- Layout plan of the premises
- Layout Plan (to scale)
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PNG,PDF
- Maximum upload per application: 5MB
- Tenancy Agreement/ Letter of consent
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PNG,PDF
- Maximum upload per application: 5MB
- Pest Control Contract
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PNG,PDF
- Maximum upload per application: 5MB
- Cleaning programme/schedule
- File Format: DOC,DOCX,GIF,JPG,PNG,PDF
- Maximum upload per application: 5MB
- Food Safety Course Level 1 / Refresher Food Safety Course Level 1
- A copy of the food handler's Food Safety Course Level 1 certificate / Refresher Food Safety Course level 1 certificate
- File Format: GIF,JPG,PNG,PDF
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