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1 posted on 06/09/2009 9:43:10 AM PDT by Notoriously Conservative
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Excellent techie info! I will def. watch for this!


2 posted on 06/09/2009 9:45:08 AM PDT by rarestia ("One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Lenin / MOLWN LABE!)
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People don’t look at the nutrician label. I can’t imagine people taking the time to fish around for a bar code. Although this is interesting information. I bet most of the food will be from China...lol.


3 posted on 06/09/2009 9:46:28 AM PDT by napscoordinator
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Wrong.
4 posted on 06/09/2009 9:47:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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Excellent!

Forwarding this link to all the C’s in my address book.

Thanks!


5 posted on 06/09/2009 9:47:48 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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Question is does that mean the product was actually manufactured in the US or just packaged in the US?


6 posted on 06/09/2009 9:48:27 AM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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Great info...Thanks!!


7 posted on 06/09/2009 9:48:43 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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WOW! I was searching on a pkg at walmart yesterday in the dog stuff area to find out where a rawhide chew was made...could only locate that the product was ‘managed’ or something by walmart. I do not want to buy products for my dogs that are made in foreign countries that may use unsafe preservatives or dyes, etc. Now I know to look at the BAR CODE.....THANK YOU SO MUCH. Good info!


8 posted on 06/09/2009 9:49:36 AM PDT by Republic (Jedem das Seine)
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The first digits are the country of registration of the UPC, not the country of manufacture of the item. If the company has a single item manufactured in multiple countries it can have them all labeled with the same UPC.
9 posted on 06/09/2009 9:49:47 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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Interesting!


12 posted on 06/09/2009 9:52:37 AM PDT by AuntB (The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
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Are you sure this is right?

I’m looking at a book right now with the bar code 9 780805078046 51700

And on the frontis page it says “Printed in U.S.A.”

I’m also looking at a bottle of Sanford brand white out with the bar code 0 4154028400 0 and on the bottle it says “Made in Thailand”.

You had better check your facts.


13 posted on 06/09/2009 9:52:38 AM PDT by Parmenio
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Most outrageous. I purchase some picture frames with a tiny label attached that said Milano.

When I peeled that label off there it was.....CHINA.

They send us poisoned products, and they LIE.


14 posted on 06/09/2009 9:53:50 AM PDT by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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What is your source for this information?


16 posted on 06/09/2009 9:55:48 AM PDT by themoralcompass
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Full list plus some explanatory information.

GS1 Prefixes do not provide identification of country of origin for a given product. They simply provide number capacity to different countries for assignment from that location to companies who apply. Those companies in turn may manufacture products anywhere in the world.

18 posted on 06/09/2009 9:55:57 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, Chrysler and GM are what Marx meant by the means of production.)
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I just picked up a package of batteries. Made in China 0457...

Here’s a Quick link for a chain. Made in China 0817...

And a pair of wire strippers. Made in China 0320...

so, you can’t tell squat from the barcode.


20 posted on 06/09/2009 10:03:12 AM PDT by SandWMan (Even if you can't legislate morality, you can legislate morally.)
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ping


21 posted on 06/09/2009 10:03:23 AM PDT by ropin71 (God Bless our Troops!)
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Not true! The bar code company code, which is the first half of the number, IIRC, only stipulates the company’s number but does not stipulate where the product was manufactured.


22 posted on 06/09/2009 10:05:19 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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Snopes - Barcodes
23 posted on 06/09/2009 10:06:20 AM PDT by Caramelgal (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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P.S. I own a company and we have a bar code number. (Not that we’ve ever used it) I can package anything I want to with it.


24 posted on 06/09/2009 10:06:30 AM PDT by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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Buy USA! Support Obama!

No more USA for me. I'm shrugging. I'll buy USA when they kick this band of Socialists out of office. Until then, people need to really feel the pain.

30 posted on 06/09/2009 10:37:35 AM PDT by Bon mots
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Thanks as I try to find country of origin in my dog food and cannot.....


32 posted on 06/09/2009 2:21:21 PM PDT by goat granny
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