{"id":2747,"date":"2019-04-06T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-06T19:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2747"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T17:00:00","slug":"Product-Barcode-Country-Identification---Hoax-Slayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syyhoaxanalyzer.com\/?p=2747","title":{"rendered":"Product Barcode Country Identification &#8211; Hoax-Slayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"inner-post-entry\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This story was first published on \u00a0November 18, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Outline<\/h2>\n<p>Circulating message claims that consumers can identify what country a product was manufactured in by analyzing the first 3 digits of the product&#8217;s barcode. \u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- HS Net Top Content Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0355887770822260\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4870821038\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"noMargin\">Brief Analysis<\/h3>\n<p>The information in the message is misleading. While the first three digits of the product barcode may sometimes indicate where the product was manufactured, it will not always do so. The barcode prefix is not a reliable and constant method of determining a product&#8217;s country of manufacture.<\/p>\n<h2>Example<\/h2>\n<div class=\"example\">\n<p><b>Subject: Product Bar Coding<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Product Bar Coding<\/p>\n<p>The whole world is scared of China made &#8216;black hearted goods&#8217;. Can you differentiate which one is made in the USA , Philippines , Taiwan or China ? For your Information &#8230; the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.<\/p>\n<p>Sample: all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.<br \/>\n471 is Made in Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>This bar code is 471 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Made in Taiwan<\/p>\n<p>This is our human right to know, but the government and related department never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products &#8216;made in china&#8217;, so they don&#8217;t show from which country it is made.<\/p>\n<p>However, you may now refer to the barcode, remember if the first 3 digits is 690-695 then it is Made in China .<\/p>\n<p>00 ~ 13 USA &amp; CANADA<br \/>\n30 ~ 37 FRANCE<br \/>\n40 ~ 44 GERMANY<br \/>\n49 ~ JAPAN<br \/>\n50 ~ UK<br \/>\n57 ~ Denmark<br \/>\n64 ~ Finland<br \/>\n76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein<br \/>\n471 ~ Taiwan<br \/>\n628 ~ Saudi-Arabien<br \/>\n629 ~ United Arab Emirates<br \/>\n690-695 ~ China<br \/>\n740 ~ 745 &#8211; Central America<br \/>\nAll 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p><\/br><\/br> Original Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/product-bar-codes.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.hoax-slayer.com\/product-bar-codes.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This story was first published on \u00a0November 18, 2008 Outline Circulating message claims that consumers can identify what country a product was manufactured in by analyzing the first 3 digits of the product&#8217;s barcode. \u00a0 Brief Analysis The information in the message is misleading. 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