Important information about barcodes

[LONDONER]

The whole world is concerned about Chinese goods and the conditions under which they are made. 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 if the first 3 digits of the barcode are 471 is made in TAIWAN.

This is our right to know, but governments and related departments never educate the public, therefore we have to educate ourselves.

Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers prefer products that are not "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

[MisterTinkles]

THANK YOU FOR THAT!!!!

[austin]

wow thanks for that i wanted to buy all american goods now its easier, if i can find any

[LONDONER]

THANK YOU FOR THAT!!!!

You're more than welcome. Let's hope people become more patriotic now.

[MisterTinkles]

You're more than welcome. Let's hope people become more patriotic now.

Well, not just that......but I refuse to eat any food products (canned, dried, frozen, jars, fresh) that are not grown in the USA. Canada is ok, and some Mexican companies are ok, but I will NOT eat anything from India, China, or any of the Asia's. Most all the foods you find in dollar stores are from China and India now. I wont touch them.

When I was in California a few years ago, there was an outbreak of food poisoning from jarred fruits from China. I dont recall anyone dying, but they had to go to the hospital.

China does NOT have the same "clean" food laws we have in the USA (or other countries). Im surprised half the people who eat that crap are still alive.

[MisterTinkles]

I just tried looking for the barcode numbers for products from India.

ALL the websites I found listed for product barcodes are blocked!!!

Do you know the barcode for India?

[partis]

Interesting, thanks…

what about this…

[LONDONER]

Do you know the barcode for India?

OK, someone on another forum has just posted this:

The first two or three digits of an EAN-13 barcode identify the country in which the manufacturer's identification code was assigned. They do not necessarily indicate the country in which the goods were manufactured. Many countries have EAN coding authorities which regulate the use of retail barcodes. For names, addresses, and telephone numbers, click here to view our list of Standards Organizations. In the United States the UPC-A and UPC-E symbologies are used for marking retail products; the administering authority is the Uniform Code Council in Dayton, Ohio (tel. 937-435-3870).

EAN•UCC Prefixes Country ISO country code
00 to 13 UCC (USA & Canada) us/ca
20 to 29 In-store numbers
30 to 37 GENCOD-EAN France fr
380 BCCI (Bulgaria) bg
383 EAN Slovenija si
385 EAN Croatia hr
387 EAN-BIH (Bosnia-Herzegovina) ba
400 to 440 CCG (Germany) de
45 + 49 Distribution Code Center DCC (Japan) jp
460 to 469 UNISCAN - EAN Russia (Russian Federation) ru
471 EAN Taiwan tw
474 EAN Estonia ee
475 EAN Latvia lv
476 EAN Azerbaijan az
477 EAN Lithuania lt
478 EAN Uzbekistan uz
479 EAN Sri Lanka lk
480 PANC (Philippines) ph
481 EAN Belarus by
482 EAN Ukraine ua
484 EAN Moldova md
485 EAN Armenia am
486 EAN Georgia ge
487 EAN Kazakhstan kz
489 HKANA (Hong-Kong) hk
50 e.centre gb
520 EAN HELLAS (Greece) gr
528 EAN Lebanon lb
529 EAN Cyprus cy
531 EAN-MAC (FYR Macedonia) mk
535 EAN Malta mt
539 EAN Ireland ie
54 EAN Belgium.Luxembourg be/lu
560 CODIPOR (Portugal) pt
569 EAN Iceland is
57 EAN Danmark dk
590 EAN Poland pl
594 EAN Romania ro
599 EAN Hungary hu
600 - 601 EAN South Africa za
608 EAN Bahrain
bh 048

609 EAN Mauritius mu
611 EAN Maroc (Morocco) ma
613 EAN Algerie (Algeria) dz
616 EAN Kenya ke
619 Tunicode (Tunisia) tn
621 EAN Syria sy
622 EAN Egypt eg
624 EAN Libya ly
625 EAN Jordan jo
626 EAN Iran ir
627 EAN Kuwait kw
628 EAN Saudi Arabia sa
629 EAN Emirates ae
64 EAN Finland fi
690 - 695 Article Numbering Centre of China - ANCC cn
70 EAN Norge (Norway) no
729 Israeli Bar Code Association - EAN Israel il
73 EAN Sweden se
740 EAN Guatemala gt
741 EAN El Salvador sv
742 EAN Honduras hn
743 EAN Nicaragua ni
744 EAN Costa Rica cr
745 EAN Panama pa
746 EAN Republica Dominicana do
750 AMECE (Mexico) mx
759 EAN Venezuela ve
76 EAN Switzerland ch
770 IAC (Colombia) co
773 EAN Uruguay uy
775 EAN Peru pe
777 EAN Bolivia bo
779 CODIGO - EAN Argentina ar
780 EAN Chile cl
784 EAN Paraguay py
786 ECOP (Ecuador) ec
789 - 790 EAN Brasil br
80 to 83 INDICOD (Italy) it
84 AECOC (Spain) es
850 Camera de Comercio de la Republica de Cuba cu
858 EAN Slovakia sk
859 EAN Czech cz
860 EAN YU (Yugoslavia) yu
867 EAN DPR Korea (North Korea) kp
869 UCCET (Turkey) tr
87 EAN Nederland nl
880 EAN Korea (South Korea) kr
885 EAN Thailand th
888 SANC (Singapore) sg
890 EAN India in
893 EAN Vietnam vn
899 EAN Indonesia id
90 - 91 EAN Austria at
93 EAN Australia au
94 EAN New Zealand nz
955 EAN Malaysia my
958 EAN Macau mo
977 Periodicals (ISSN)
978 - 979 Books (ISBN)
980 Refund receipts
981 - 982 Common currency coupons
99 Coupons

[partis]

It would be impossible to live my life checking every single barcode

[LONDONER]

It would be impossible to live my life checking every single barcode

Of course it would. Just take note of those that you are most likely not to want to buy from.