[VICAR OF DIBLEY]

By knowing how to read a bar code you can find out where your food was grown or in the case of fish etc. where it was caught.

I have found labels misleading, and the following I found extremely helpful.

ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY--NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE BOX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK CAREFULLY!

With all the food and pet products now coming from China, it is best to make sure you read label at the supermarket and especially when buying food products. Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located. The whole world is concerned about China-made "black-hearted goods".

Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China ? The world is also concerned about GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) foods; steroid fed animals (ex: 45 days old broiler chicken).

It is important to read the bar code to track its origin. How to read Bar Codes....interesting !

If the first 3 digits of the bar code are 690, 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .
If the first 3 digits of the bar code are 00-09 then it's made or sourced in USA.

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:
890......MADE IN INDIA
690, 691, 692 ... then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 - 09 ... USA and CANADA
30 - 37 ... FRANCE
40 - 44 ... GERMANY
471 ........ Taiwan
45 or 49 ........JAPAN
489...........HONG KONG
50 .......... UK
57 .........DENMARK
64..........FINLAND
76.........SWITZERLAND and LIENCHTENSTIEN
471......... is Made in TAIWAN (see sample)
628.........SAUDI ARABIA
629.........UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
740..........745 - CENTRAL AMERICA

All 480 Codes are Made in the PHILIPPINES. Share it!

[zcaveman]

This is an oldie fro 2010. Not really true - See this from Snopes:

snopes.com: Determining Product Origins by Bar Code

Z

[VICAR OF DIBLEY]

Hi Z,

Thank you. I did check out the site you mentioned, and you are correct.

snopes.com: Determining Product Origins by Bar Code

I would suggest others go to this site. Snopes gave this posting partially true and false. That means there is a mixture of true and false information.

There is a lot of information they included in their review of the bar codes.

At my age I should have known better, than to accept automatically what I read. I usually do, and for some reason I did not this time.

[Topspinmo]

Is Mexico considered central America??

[VICAR OF DIBLEY]

Hi,

Mexico is part of North America.