"QS" retired "SC" debuted a new version of the food production license to start issuing.

from October 2015, China began to launch a new version of the food production license. The most intuitive change for the public is that the "QS" logo printed on food bags (national industrial product production license) will be replaced by "SC" (food production license). "QS" reflects the government-guaranteed
securability
, "SC" reflects the food production enterprises in ensuring
night food safety
in the main position, while the regulatory authorities from a simple certification, into the ongoing supervision after the event.The Measures for the Administration of Food Production Permits, which came into force on 1 October, stipulate that the number of food production permits shall consist of "SC" (the Chinese pinyin acronym for "production") and 14 Arabic numerals, and shall be extended from three to five years. The license contains an increase in information on matters such as day-to-day regulators, day-to-day supervisors, complaints and reports, issuer, QR codes, and copies of peripheral warehouses., the State Administration of Food and Drug Administration in the official website to interpret the new certificate. Number 14 numbers from left to right are: 3-bit food category code, 2-bit provincial (autonomous region, municipality directly under the central government) code, 2-bit city (local) code, 2-bit county (region) code, 4-bit sequential code, 1-digit verification code.Food, food additives category code is identified by the 1st-3 digits, specifically the 1st digit represents food, food additives production license identification code, arabic numeral "1" stands for food, Arabic numerals "2" stands for food additives; "02" stands for edible oil, grease and its products, "03" stands for condiments, and so on..."27" stands for health food, "28" stands for special medical use formula food, "29" stands for infant formula, "30" stands for special dietary foods, "31" stands for other foods. The food additive category number is identified as: "01" for food additives, "02" for food flavor, "03" for compound food additives.In addition to infant formula milk powder, special medical use food, health food and other key foods in principle by the provincial food and drug regulatory departments to organize production license review, the rest of the food production license approval authority may be deposed to the city and county-level food production regulatory departments. The food and drug supervision and administration departments at all levels shall establish and improve the food production license files, and record in detail the information of food producers' licensing and all food varieties produced, the daily supervision and administration agencies, the daily supervision and management personnel, etc.it is important to note that the food production license number will not change as soon as it is determined, and the license number will not change when applying for the renewal and change of the license. And after October 1st, food with the "QS" logo will not disappear from the market immediately, but will slowly exit the market over time, during which time the old packaging with the "QS" logo and food labeled with the new food production license number will be present at the same time.new approach eliminates the cost of reviewing food production permits. The food production supervision department shall not charge any fees when accepting the enterprise's production license, including the application for a new license, carrying out the examination of the production license and the examination of the inspection of the licensed products., from the Hunan Provincial Food and Drug Administration was informed that the province has been in the printing and issuance of new certificates.that since August 2015, Hunan has been to food production enterprises in the new license and exchange of certificates to enable the "SC" certificate, no longer use "QS" certificate. "The province currently has more than 6000 food production and processing enterprises, more than 7000 certificates." According to the relevant person in charge of the province's Food and Drug Administration, the issued "QS" certificate will be issued by the end of the year by the local food and drug supervision department to the enterprise replacement, the original certificate of product name, testing method, certificate number, date of issuance, validity, etc. are unchanged, will not charge any fees of the enterprise.According to the relevant person in charge, after the implementation of the Measures for the Administration of Food Production Permits, newly licensed food producers should mark the new food production license number on
fedal packaging
or labels, and no longer label the "QS" logo. "We give producers a transition period of up to three years." That is, food produced on or after 1 October 2018 shall not continue to use the original packaging and labels and the "QS" logo.
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