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The whole world got scared of made in China products "black hearted goods". I think it is necessary to differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China and vice-versa. The first 3 digits of barcode 690.691.692 is made in CHINA and 471 is Made in Taiwan.

It is our right to know simple things when buying to be alerted. The government and related departments never educate the consumer public.


00-13: USA & Canada
20-29: In-Store Functions
30-37: France
40-44: Germany
45: Japan (also 49)
46: Russian Federation
471: Taiwan
474: Estonia
475: Latvia
477: Lithuania
479: Sri Lanka
480: Philippines
482: Ukraine
484: Moldova
485: Armenia
486: Georgia
487: Kazakhstan
489: Hongkong
49: Japan (JAN-13)
50: United Kingdom
520: Greece
528: Lebanon
529: Cyprus
531: Macedonia
535: Malta
539: Ireland
54: Belgium & Luxembourg
560: Portugal
569: Iceland
57: Denmark
590: Poland
594: Romania
599: Hungary
600 & 601: South Africa
609: Mauritius
611: Morocco
613: Algeria
619: Tunisia
622: Egypt
625: Jordan
626: Iran
64: Finland
690-692: China
70: Norway
729: Israel
73: Sweden
740: Guatemala
741: El Salvador
742: Honduras
743: Nicaragua
744: Costa Rica
746: Dominican Republic
750: Mexico
759: Venezuela
76: Switzerland
770: Colombia
773: Uruguay
775: Peru
777: Bolivia
779: Argentina
780: Chile
784: Paraguay
785: Peru
786: Ecuador
789: Brazil
80 - 83: Italy
84: Spain
850: Cuba
858: Slovakia
859: Czech Republic
860: Yugoslavia
869: Turkey
87: Netherlands
880: South Korea
885: Thailand
888: Singapore
890: India
893: Vietnam
899: Indonesia
90 & 91: Austria
93: Australia
94: New Zealand
955: Malaysia


This may be petty but it will help you to be aware. China milk poisoning incident and white rabbit candy (found traces of Melamine ) made everyone afraid to look at the daily news event. Everyday, the reports may vary. No one can clearly tell us what to eat and not. Just let us consider this and please remember the following bar codes. Just to be fair and honest, I still buy China products but I try to be vigilant in choosing them.

Comments

Keith said…
Lady Haze, there is no reason why such information should be with held. Still, are these UPCs truly universal? I mean, this system of numbers may apply to UPCs in France, but what aboput the system here in the states?|

I know that I package a product which we referred to as organic chinese pumpkin seeds. Because of the distrust n China, they are now labeled simply "organic pumpkin' seeds"
10:26 PM
Sidney said…
That is very useful info... learned something new today !
3:51 AM
Angelo said…
Salut Haze! Wow, I had no idea. Thanks for that info. It's hard to avoid products from china, but I started making the effort to do so. Especially when it comes to food, you never know what those sneaky communists will do for a buck.
6:28 PM
haze said…
HiKEITH, they have published them already because I came across a site so I thought this will be useful to share. After this milk incident so as to let people aware. In fact, when you want to buy something you need to check the bar codes and you will identify where it is made. For instance, I still have the dried mangoes I bought from Pinas. The bar code 480 is present and so this is really made in the Philippines. Well, as for UPC's DHL and vice-versa it's probably the company's SOP !

Thanks SIDNEY I was surfing and I thought it this will be helpful to readers.

Coucou ANGELO me either until I read something from internet. Indeed hard not to buy Made in China, because some of us prefers to buy cheaper goods that we sometimes forget the quality. I am also starting to be cautious in buying stuffs made from China. I prefer to avoid them for precautions. When I go to Chinese store I only buy Made in the Philippines talaga or Made in Japan or Vietnam :D !
2:25 PM
Anonymous said…
Hi Haze,

Sige pupunta ako sa store, mag pe-pretend na bibili ako nang damit pero titingin lang ako sa bar code.

Nakakaawa yong mga babies na nagkasakit dahil sa milk. I heard there's also some who died because of it. That's a shame. I couldn't imagine losing my son just because I'm trying to feed him.
5:48 PM
Ladynred said…
We have a lot of China products here in Canada but I would not buy food that's made in China. You can easily tell because the package is telling you where it's made.
Agring
3:46 PM
Raquel said…
This entry is very informative, thank you for sharing. I agree with Agring too. but if you are in the Philippines, there are so many imitaion products made from China. I think China is the great imitator.
11:31 AM
cpsanti said…
whoa, these are great tips haze, thanks for the heads up ;-)
6:26 AM
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