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Code 56
Official title Food and Beverage Service Activities
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
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PSIC 2019 Navigation-first hub Division 56 - Food and Beverage Service Activities
PSIC Division 56 covers Food and Beverage Service Activities. Child codes include Restaurants and mobile food service, Event catering and other food service activities, and Beverage serving activities. It is the...
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Practical summary
Division 56 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under I Accommodation and Food Service Activities. This division collects tightly related groups, with child examples such as Restaurants and mobile food service, Event catering and other food service activities, and Beverage serving activities. It is the main bridge between a broad sector label and the more precise groups below it.
Administrative context
Where this code is used
This division is used when the first pass is too broad and the work needs to be split into groups such as Restaurants and mobile food service, Event catering and other food service activities, and Beverage serving activities. It helps with registration wording, sector analytics and review of near-miss options.
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How to choose it
Use this division as the first narrowing step. Compare child groups such as Restaurants and mobile food service, Event catering and other food service activities, and Beverage serving activities and move to the group that best matches the real activity, not the marketing description.
Official note
Source-backed description
This division includes food and beverage serving activities providing complete meals or drinks fit for immediate consumption, whether in traditional restaurants, self- service or take-away restaurants, whether as permanent or temporary stands with or without seating. Decisive is the fact that meals fit for immediate consumption are offered, not the kind of facility providing them. Excluded is the production of meals not fit for immediate consumption or not planned to be consumed immediately or of prepared food which is not considered to be a meal (see Division 10: Manufacture of food products and Division 11: Manufacture of beverages). Also excluded is the sale of not self-manufactured food that is not considered to be a meal or of meals which are not fit for immediate consumption (see Section G: Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles).
FAQ
What does PSIC Division 56 cover?
PSIC Division 56 groups the main activity family for Food and Beverage Service Activities and acts as the first narrowing step below the section level.
How do I compare Division 56 with nearby divisions?
Read the child groups side by side and compare the exact operational wording. The closest neighboring options are 55 Accommodation.
Why does Division 56 matter for filing?
It is the level that helps you narrow a broad section into the right group before you reach a class or subclass decision.