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My sentiments as well. Bugs the living snot out of me to see China on a product in our stores.

I will pay MORE for an item that is manufactured in the god forsaken place.

I will NOT buy clothes or shoes made in China. I have decided to wear only Mephisto shoes only and pick my clothes carefully.

Will NOT buy even dog toys made in China.

NOTHING!

It is becoming almost IMPOSSIBLE to even know from where a product originates. Supposedly the UPC (universal product code) should show country of origin but the following linked article says that that is not nessesarily true. See below from WikiHow:

UPC Barcodes are typically registered and used in the United States and Canada and, therefore, do not indicate a country identifier.

A similar bar code system is EAN (European Article Number). It contains 13 digits and also indicates the country in which the bar code was registered. Read the first "3" digits of the code to determine this.

Example: If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691 or 692, the country in which the code was registered was China.
It is important to note that the country code in EAN bar codes DOES NOT indicate where the product was manufactured.

See: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/fooddrink/a/barcodes.htm

According to this link:

1.There's more than one kind of bar code in use around the world. UPC bar codes, the type most commonly used in the United States, do not typically contain a country identifier. A different type of bar code known as EAN-13 does contain a country identifier, but it's more commonly used in Europe and other countries outside the U.S.

2.Even in the case of EAN-13 bar codes, the digits associated with country of origin don't necessarily specify where the product was manufactured, but rather where the bar code itself was registered. So, for example, a product manufactured in China and sold in France could have an EAN-13 bar code identifying it as a French product. Looking for a "Made in XYZ" label is generally more helpful, but, particularly with regard to foods and beverages, there's no sure-fire way to determine in every case where a product or its components originated. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration mandates country-of-origin labeling on many food products, but there are exceptions, most notably the entire category of "processed foods." Consumer groups are currently advocating the closure of these loopholes