Chinese Made Products & Bar Codes on Products/Foods

[Guest guest]

Hi Group,

China has gotten a bad reputation for the many goods and foods they

produce being contaminated by toxins, such as the recent

toxin " called melamine " being added to baby formulas. They are also

known for adding melamine, which is a toxic protein, to many other

products, including pet foods. Many products from China also contain

high levels of lead.

In order to know which products are made in China, you can identify

them by the Bar Code, since the first 2 or 3 digits of the bar code

is the country where the product was made.

All MADE IN CHINA product barcodes are 690 through 695.

However many Chinese businessmen know consumers do not prefer

products " made in China, " so they don't show which country their

products come from.

Here's all bar codes and the country of origin:

00-13 USA & CANADA

30-37 FRANCE

40-44 GERMANY

49 JAPAN

50 UK

57 Denmark

64 Finland

76 Switzerland and Lienchtenstein

471 Taiwan

480 Philippines

628 Saudi-Arabia

629 United Arab Emirates

690-695 China

740-745 Central America

Bee

[Guest guest]

Hi Bee and Everyone,

The barcodes are not that simple. Please see what Snopes.com has to say on

this subject: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp

Thanks,

Deb Casey

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On Behalf Of Bee

Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 7:16 AM

Subject: [ ] Chinese Made Products & Bar Codes on

Products/Foods

Hi Group,

China has gotten a bad reputation for the many goods and foods they

produce being contaminated by toxins, such as the recent

toxin " called melamine " being added to baby formulas. They are also

known for adding melamine, which is a toxic protein, to many other

products, including pet foods. Many products from China also contain

high levels of lead.

In order to know which products are made in China, you can identify

them by the Bar Code, since the first 2 or 3 digits of the bar code

is the country where the product was made.

All MADE IN CHINA product barcodes are 690 through 695.

However many Chinese businessmen know consumers do not prefer

products " made in China, " so they don't show which country their

products come from.

Here's all bar codes and the country of origin:

00-13 USA & CANADA

30-37 FRANCE

40-44 GERMANY

49 JAPAN

50 UK

57 Denmark

64 Finland

76 Switzerland and Lienchtenstein

471 Taiwan

480 Philippines

628 Saudi-Arabia

629 United Arab Emirates

690-695 China

740-745 Central America

Bee

[Guest guest]

Thank you for this info, Bee! I will have these three numbers forever etched

into my brain!

From: beeisbuzzing2003@...

Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:16:05 +0000

Subject: [ ] Chinese Made Products & Bar Codes on Products/Foods

Hi Group,

China has gotten a bad reputation for the many goods and foods they

produce being contaminated by toxins, such as the recent

toxin " called melamine " being added to baby formulas. They are also

known for adding melamine, which is a toxic protein, to many other

products, including pet foods. Many products from China also contain

high levels of lead.

In order to know which products are made in China, you can identify

them by the Bar Code, since the first 2 or 3 digits of the bar code

is the country where the product was made.

All MADE IN CHINA product barcodes are 690 through 695.

However many Chinese businessmen know consumers do not prefer

products " made in China, " so they don't show which country their

products come from.

Here's all bar codes and the country of origin:

00-13 USA & CANADA

30-37 FRANCE

40-44 GERMANY

49 JAPAN

50 UK

57 Denmark

64 Finland

76 Switzerland and Lienchtenstein

471 Taiwan

480 Philippines

628 Saudi-Arabia

629 United Arab Emirates

690-695 China

740-745 Central America

Bee

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[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for this useful piece of information! Just the other

day when I was shopping, I was trying to figure out if some food I was

gonna buy was from China or not. It did not have the country listed at

all (while most of the products at this store do have the country

listed). So I ended up not buying it. Now I know that I can look at

the bar code.

>

> Hi Group,

> China has gotten a bad reputation for the many goods and foods they

> produce being contaminated by toxins, such as the recent

> toxin " called melamine " being added to baby formulas. They are also

> known for adding melamine, which is a toxic protein, to many other

> products, including pet foods. Many products from China also contain

> high levels of lead.

>

> In order to know which products are made in China, you can identify

> them by the Bar Code, since the first 2 or 3 digits of the bar code

> is the country where the product was made.

>

> All MADE IN CHINA product barcodes are 690 through 695.

>

> However many Chinese businessmen know consumers do not prefer

> products " made in China, " so they don't show which country their

> products come from.

>

> Here's all bar codes and the country of origin:

>

> 00-13 USA & CANADA

> 30-37 FRANCE

> 40-44 GERMANY

> 49 JAPAN

> 50 UK

> 57 Denmark

> 64 Finland

> 76 Switzerland and Lienchtenstein

> 471 Taiwan

> 480 Philippines

> 628 Saudi-Arabia

> 629 United Arab Emirates

> 690-695 China

> 740-745 Central America

>

> Bee

>

[Guest guest]

I don't know what SNOPES has to say but I do know this. If a juice

concentrate comes from China and the water is added in the US...the

water is at least 50% of the ingredients so it can legally say " Made

in the USA " . There is no law that requires disclosure of country of

origin on ingredients that make up less than 51% of the total

product. So, while the bar code might tell you something on a single

ingredient item, it's not worth much for things with multiple

ingredients.

Patty

>

> Hi Bee and Everyone,

>

>

>

> The barcodes are not that simple. Please see what Snopes.com has

to say on

> this subject: http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp

>

>

>

> Thanks,

>

> Deb Casey