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How to read bar codes for country of origin!

muleman

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With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read labels at the grocery store and especially Walmart when buying food products.

Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located. It is important to read the bar code to track it's origin.

How to read Bar Codes ... interesting!

GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA & CANADA" AND NOT FROM CHINA!!


This may be useful to know when grocery shopping,
if it's a concern to you.


The whole world is afraid of China-made
"black hearted goods".

Can you differentiate which one is made in
Taiwan or China?

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691
or 692
, the product is MADE IN CHINA.

471 is Made in Taiwan.

This is our right to know, but the government
and related departments never educate the
public, therefore we have to RESCUE
ourselves.

Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that
consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN
CHINA", so they don't show from which
country it is made.

However, you may now refer to the barcode -
remember if the first 3 digits are:

690-692
... then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 - 09 ... USA & CANADA
30 - 37 ... FRANCE
40 - 44 ... GERMANY
47... Taiwan
49 ... JAPAN
50 .... UK



BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for "0" at the beginning
of the number.
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Mtn-Track

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Good to know....
I always thought the bar codes were really Ethiopian family portraits with the kids ages at the bottom!:yum:
 

Cowboy

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It would be great if this is true , but I,m not sure I,m buying it :biggrin: . I just had my wife get me a couple of can crushers & a few sprinkler heads from the local farm supply place all have the made in china stickers , but start with 027 , 029 , which would seem to be made in Canada or the Us according to this if I,m reading it correctly . Just saying :wink:
 

Jim_S

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It would be great if this is true , but I,m not sure I,m buying it :biggrin: . I just had my wife get me a couple of can crushers & a few sprinkler heads from the local farm supply place all have the made in china stickers , but start with 027 , 029 , which would seem to be made in Canada or the Us according to this if I,m reading it correctly . Just saying :wink:

Doesn't the country code indicate the country of the Manufacturer/importer who labeled it rather than the location of manufacture?
 

Jim_S

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Here's Snopes version.

Looks like the country code isn't directly tied to the manufacturing country
 

Cowboy

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Doesn't the country code indicate the country of the Manufacturer/importer who labeled it rather than the location of manufacture?


I dont know Jim , I actually never looked at them before now . I just checked another orbit impulse sprinkler I recentlly bout & it starts with 048 , But in fine print on the box it says made in china .

Thanks for the snopes link , seems its not as easy as it sounds :biggrin:
 

waybomb

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You do know there are hundreds of types of bar codes, not just UPC Code39?
 
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