Product Bar Codes

                                                      
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Product Bar Codes are printed on every package and it's something we never really look at or think about. Whether it be on products we buy from our local grocery store, clothing store or from any big box stores.  Every product must have a bar code on it somewhere... do look at it closer next time.  As consumers, all we really know is this barcode gets scanned at our local retailer and the price and product pops up at the screen. Should we really care anymore about some little lines and numbers? YES WE SHOULD!!

The bar code's purpose is it's ORIGIN where the product was manufactured or produced.  As consumers, do we really need to know where your product was originated?   I CERTAINLY DO and SO SHOULD YOU !!

In 2008 there was a world wide product scare with tainted products originating from China: lead tainted toys, melamine-tainted milk products , baby formula's, pet foods, etc.  How many people, children, dogs and cats had to be affected/die before the government did something to protect humanity? Do these product scares make you fearful about products and especially consumer products which we think are all safe to consume. Well sadly enough, THAT is not always the case. 

What has the government done to educate consumers? The answer is Nothing. The whole world is concerned with products that are coming out of China but Do you actually know how to spot Chinese products or other products from U.S.A ,Canada, etc ?

China has been marked as country of "poisonous good" and some consumers are taking action by boycotting and no longer buying any "Made in China" products. Don't assume if you do not see an countries origin printed on the packaging that it is not from that country. The only way to know where the product is made is by reading the first 3 digits of the barcode. For example: All bar codes that start with 690 - 695 are from China.

Here are some barcodes to help you figure out where product was made:

          BARCODES

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00 ~ 13  USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37  FRANCE
40 ~ 44  GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
471 ~ Taiwan


these barcodes? See below 

480 ~ Philippines
628 ~ Saudi-Arabia
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
690 ~ 695 China
740 ~ 745 Central America

I hope in the near future you will look at barcodes differently. Barcodes are important and for you to educate yourself about product origins.  If the 3 digits are unknown to you. Don't hesitate to ask Google.  You are the consumer and you have the right to know what you are buying and Don't be fooled by the country origins again.

Answers to bar codes above: 690: China, 055: ?? this product from Sri Lanka ,
324: France. 060: Canada

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