Barcodes On Packaged Foods
Today I received a very informative article from a friend living in Arizona. This information should be very important to all of us.
The first numerals of the bar code identify the origin of the manufacturer of the food product.
00-13 USA or Canada
30-37 France
40-44 Germany
49 Japan
50 UK
57 Denmark
64 Finland
76 Switzerland & Lichtenstein
471 Taiwan
480 Philippines
628 Saudi Arabia
629 United Arab Emirates
690-695 CHINA
740-745 Central America
With China having been recognized for the questionable quality of their food products, they are now eliminating the bar codes on many of their products.
On August 17, 2008, I posted an article on reading the PLU Code on food. Both articles are worth our attention when we purchase our food products.
I have this information written in a pad that will be with me when I go to the grocery store.
Thank you Barbra and Elaine for these wonderful articles that I have shared with the readers.
2 comments:
Very interesting lesson on bar codes and what they mean. Thank you!
Here is the link to the PLU post:
http://dinewithdonna.blogspot.com/2008/07/reading-plu-code-on-food.html
Barbra;
I check everything now since receiving this information. We need to be informed when we shop. Thank you again for the article you sent me in August
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