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Barcode Trivia

October 8, 2008

I don’t know if this will surprise you. I receive an email about another China product scare and this involves the product’s barcode. According to the email you will know where’s the product came from through its barcode. I’m a bit skeptic about this because I thought that this is just another hoax circling the web. But through extensive research (naks), I found out that this one is true. According to Makebarcode.com “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.”

Click more for the list of barcode first two or three digit of different countries.

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