8 Apr. 2010 From Lindy.
Does the barcode number indicate the country of origin of a product? No it
does not. The 3-digit prefix code indicates which numbering organization has
allocated the bank of numbers to the company.
For an example, a company may have it's headquarters in South Africa. The EAN
organization in South Africa has the code "600", but all the products of the
company may be manufactured in England. The English-made products would still
have the "600" prefix code. The prefix code is a way to have 70-plus EAN member
organizations issuing numbers without having to worry about duplicate numbers
Look at these Helpful links and a big thanks from Lindy for giving us the
straight information.
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/product-bar-codes.shtml
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp |
| THIS IS GOOD INFO TO KNOW, AND A NECESSITY TO KNOW,> IF YOU'RE
CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN FOOD, OR OTHER ITEMS, ORIGINATING IN CHINA, I.E., CAT
FOOD,
DOG FOOD, AND RELATED THINGS. The first 3 digits of a bar code is the
country code wherein the product was made. You might wish to print out the bar
code below and keep it with you when you go grocery shopping:-) All bar
codes that start with 690, 691, 692 through 695 are
Made in China. Hershey's moved their operation from
PA to
China, Cadberry is made in China (and was found to have unacceptable
chemical substitutes recently),
baby formulas, etc., etc. China knows consumers are leery of products
'made in China' so, Chinese products (food, medicine, etc.) generally no longer
show the country of manufacture. One may now refer to the bar code, remember if
the first 3 digits is
690-695 then it is Made in China .
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~
Denmark
64 ~
Finland
76 ~
Switzerland and Liechtenstein
471 ~ Taiwan
480 ~ Philippines
628 ~ Saudi-Arabia
629 ~
United Arab Emirates
690, 691, 692 to 695 ~ China
740 ~ 745 -
Central America
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