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Reading Barcodes - Eagle1 - 10-20-2014 I can't verify the veracity of the information, but this sounds reasonable anyway... 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 grocery store and especially Wal-Mart 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 its origin. How to read Bar Codes ..... interesting! This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it's a concern to you. GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA & CANADA " AND NOT FROM CHINA!! The whole world is concerned about 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 471 ... Taiwan 49 ... JAPAN 50 ... UK BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for "0" at the beginning of the number. We need every boost we can get! Pass this on to everybody on your E-Mail Contact List!! RE: Reading Barcodes - Trapper - 11-07-2014 Very inaccurate information, Eagle1. This may be more like what you were trying to say, but far from what you wish it did: "The GS1 Prefix, the first three digits, usually identifying the national GS1 Member Organization to which the manufacturer is registered (not necessarily where the product is actually made)." (For Example, Mountain Dew is a U.S. subsidiary of the Pepsi company, and has a 12000-10049 bar code, however it is not impossible to buy a case of Mountain Dew bottled in China with this same bar code, in your local store). The bar-code is company-register-specific, not production-location-specific. Here's the international GS1 Barcode listing - but again, it's just for where the company is 'flagshipped'. code country 000 – 019 U.S. and Canada 020 – 029 Restricted distribution (MO defined) 030 – 039 U.S. drugs (see U.S. National Drug Code) 040 – 049 Restricted distribution (MO defined) 050 – 059 coupons 060 – 099 U.S. and Canada 100 – 139 U.S. (reserved for later use) 200 – 299 Restricted distribution (MO defined) 300 – 379 France and Monaco 380 Bulgaria 383 Slovenia 385 Croatia 387 Bosnia and Herzegovina 389 Montenegro 400 – 440 Germany (440 code inherited from old East Germany on reunification, 1990) 450 – 459 Japan 460 – 469 Russia 470 Kyrgyzstan 471 Taiwan 474 Estonia 475 Latvia 476 Azerbaijan 477 Lithuania 478 Uzbekistan 479 Sri Lanka 480 Philippines 481 Belarus 482 Ukraine 484 Moldova 485 Armenia 486 Georgia 487 Kazakhstan 488 Tajikistan 489 Hong Kong SAR 490 – 499 Japan 500 – 509 United Kingdom 520 – 521 Greece 528 Lebanon 529 Cyprus 530 Albania 531 Macedonia 535 Malta 539 Ireland 540 – 549 Belgium and Luxembourg 560 Portugal 569 Iceland 570 – 579 Denmark, Faroe Islands and Greenland 590 Poland 594 Romania 599 Hungary 600 – 601 South Africa 603 Ghana 604 Senegal 608 Bahrain 609 Mauritius 611 Morocco 613 Algeria 615 Nigeria 616 Kenya 618 Côte d'Ivoire 619 Tunisia 620 Tanzania 621 Syria 622 Egypt 623 Brunei 624 Libya 625 Jordan 626 Iran 627 Kuwait 628 Saudi Arabia 629 United Arab Emirates 640 – 649 Finland 690 – 699 China, The People's Republic 700 – 709 Norway 729 Israel 730 – 739 Sweden : EAN/GS1 Sweden 740 Guatemala 741 El Salvador 742 Honduras 743 Nicaragua 744 Costa Rica 745 Panama 746 Dominican Republic 750 Mexico 754 – 755 Canada 759 Venezuela 760 – 769 Switzerland and Liechtenstein 770 – 771 Colombia 773 Uruguay 775 Peru 777 Bolivia 778 – 779 Argentina 780 Chile 784 Paraguay 786 Ecuador 789 – 790 Brazil 800 – 839 Italy, San Marino and Vatican City 840 – 849 Spain and Andorra 850 Cuba 858 Slovakia 859 Czech Republic 860 Serbia 865 Mongolia 867 North Korea 868 – 869 Turkey 870 – 879 Netherlands 880 South Korea 884 Cambodia 885 Thailand 888 Singapore 890 India 893 Vietnam 894 Bangladesh 896 Pakistan 899 Indonesia 900 – 919 Austria 930 – 939 Australia 940 – 949 New Zealand 950 GS1 Global Office: Special applications 951 EPCglobal: Special applications 955 Malaysia 958 Macau 960 – 969 GS1 Global Office: GTIN-8 allocations 977 Serial publications (ISSN) 978 – 979 Bookland (ISBN) – 979-0 used for sheet music (ISMN13, replaces deprecated ISMN M- numbers) 980 Refund receipts 981 – 983 Common Currency Coupons 990 – 999 Coupons Prefix 950 (GS1 Global Office) is used for special applications and bi-lateral agreements. Prefix 951 is used by EPCglobal. From the 960 range, prefixes 9600 to 9604 have been assigned to GS1 UK for GTIN-8 number allocations. Prefixes not listed above are used by GS1 Global Office for number allocations in countries where there is not yet a GS1 organisation and are reserved for future use. Prefixes used in non-GS1 member countries and reserved by GS1 for future use are: 140 – 199 381, 382, 384, 386 & 388 390 – 399 441 – 449 472 & 473 483 510 – 519 521 – 527 532 – 534 & 536 – 538 550 – 559 561 – 568 580 – 589 591 – 593 & 595 – 598 602 & 605 – 607 610, 612, 614 & 617 630 – 639 650 – 689 710 – 728 747 – 749 751 – 753 & 756 – 758 772, 774 & 776 781 – 783, 785, 787 & 788 791 – 799 851 – 857 861 – 864 & 866 881 – 883, 886, 887 & 889 891, 892, 895, 897 & 898 920 – 929 952 – 954, 956, 957 & 959 970 – 976 984 – 989 Hope this helps straighten things out better. - Trapper - |