"SC" represents the Chinese pinyin "Shengchan", or production, which identifies the licensed producer and its location. The code's 14 digits represent the food code, province, city, and county where it was produced, and a code for the company. The digital code is said to be better suited for digital traceability systems.
According to a journalist in Yangzhou, most of the packages carrying QS logos have already disappeared from stores as manufacturers phased out the symbol.
The blue QS logo (above) on China's food packages is replaced
with a 14-digit "SC" code (below) as of October 1, 2018
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