The first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Eg: all barcodes that start with690 up to 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan. This is our human right to know, but the government and related department never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves. Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know
that consumers do not prefer products 'made in China ', so they don't show from which country it is made.
However, you can refer to the barcode, remember if the first 3 digits are 690 to 695, then it is Made in China .
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA 30 ~ 37 FRANCE 40 ~ 44 GERMANY 49 ~ JAPAN 50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark 64 ~ Finland 76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein 628 ~ Saudi-Arabia
629 ~ United Arab Emirates 740 ~ 745 - Central America All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines
Now read on below for specifics on goods from China to protect yourself, your family, and your friends. This is sickening but it is an alert to read labels and always buy fresh when you can. Have a taste for chicken?
READ THIS WATCH WHAT YOU BUY. ESPECIALLY HIGHLINER FISH PRODUCTS;
all come from China, even though the box says product of Canada ', it is from China and 'processed' in Canada, that is, the coating is added and packaged in Canada only! The fish are raised in pens using
chemicals that are banned in Canada as cancer causing but l egal in China . This was exposed on CBC TV's Marketplace. This one will make you think before buying anything from China . Well, are you enjoying seeing Chinese food popping up in your supermarket left and right? Have you noticed you can't buy a single package of fish that isn't made in China (or Vietnam )? Do you think your food from China is processed in a sanitary manner, and thus safe to eat? Take a look at this!!These undercover enclosed pictures speak a thousand words. Avoid buying all processed food packaged in China.Anything goes! We just don't know what else is in those packages. Unlike in the U.S. CANADA and Australia , China does not have laws regulating Food processing
Asking for dead chickens.A dead chicken cost 1RMB and would be sold at 9 RMB after processing
And on the floor.Four employees de-feathering the dead fowl after soaking in boiling water from a rusty wok.
Carcasses are thrown everywhere.
Enduring the pungent odor, but sometime, it get so terrible that even the most experienced of the workers would puke.
Workers rushing to get the chickens de-feathered.