How to read bar codes: 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...

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Feb 26, 2014 10:34:45 #

rolf Loc: Kenora Ont.Canada

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 if the first 3 digits of the barcode are 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!

If our government won't help us, we must help ourselves!

Feb 26, 2014 10:51:49 #

Singing Swan

Now can you explain the different colors on the bread ties??

Feb 26, 2014 13:02:44 #

GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain

Any idea what the code is for India?

Feb 26, 2014 13:12:09 #

rolf Loc: Kenora Ont.Canada

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).

EANUCC 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

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Feb 26, 2014 13:51:12 #

GARGLEBLASTER Loc: Spain

Thank you for that. Very useful.

Feb 26, 2014 16:50:45 #

sarge69 Loc: Ft Myers, FL

Singing Swan wrote:

Now can you explain the different colors on the bread ties??

This email says that if you want to know how fresh the bread is in your grocery store, look at the tie that is holding the wrapper closed. Bread is delivered five days a week, Monday Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and the bread maker puts a different colored tie on to designate which day of the week the bread was baked:
Monday - Blue

Tuesday - Green

Thursday - Red

Friday - White

Saturday - Yellow

bullet The Truth:
According to the grocery store manager we checked with, this is true, but each bread company uses its own color code, so there isn't just one that will apply to everything on the shelf.

Maybe ask the guy/girl putting the bread on shelves one day.

Sarge69

Feb 27, 2014 10:24:50 #

gphotography Loc: Colorado

So, the president bar code starts with 616? That would be from Kenya. Lol

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Feb 27, 2014 20:44:38 #

sodapop Loc: Bel Air, MD

Have a Sandisk SDHC Card. Says made in China. Code is 619 code for tunisia. What am I doing wrong?

Feb 27, 2014 22:19:11 #

BigBear Loc: Northern CT

Singing Swan wrote:

Now can you explain the different colors on the bread ties??

Each day of the week has it's own color.

Feb 27, 2014 22:24:52 #

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

That's what I use my cellphone camera for - scanning barcodes.

Feb 28, 2014 01:31:40 #

fantom Loc: Colorado

rolf wrote:

The whole world is concerned about China-made &quo... (show quote)

The reason that the govt won't help is becuz China is financing the government's irresponsible, out of control spending. The govt spends far more than it takes in and the difference is made up by China and other countries buying our Treasury Bills. China uses the profits on their exports to buy the T Bills and these pay for B O's foolhardy spending. When these countries stop buying the T Bills, the economy collapses.

(But in the meantime this harebrained spending has bought a lot of votes for the Dems).

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Mar 4, 2014 09:51:59 #

Penny MG Loc: Fresno, Texas

Singing Swan wrote:

Now can you explain the different colors on the bread ties??

I can, bread that is baked on different days have a different color tie. It all an alphabetical order type of system. Blue if the first day, Yellow being the last in order.

Mar 4, 2014 12:13:05 #

tschmath Loc: Los Angeles

rolf wrote:

The whole world is concerned about China-made &quo... (show quote)

I checked Snopes, and this is mostly bullcrap.

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

May 25, 2015 11:33:03 #

arronlee

but there are so many bar code readers available. I wonder how to select the ones whose way of processing is simple?

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