Know where your food is coming from?

Here is a useful list of contry codes that can be found on all labeling.

Beware food from Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam and China as there are no food inspections. And with the recent outrage with tainted dairy products, lean painted toys, and poisened pet food, the orgin might be important .

 Most common examples are:

00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA

30 ~ 37 FRANCE

40 ~ 44 GERMANY

49 ~ JAPAN

50 ~ UK

57 ~ Denmark

64 ~ Finland

76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein

628 ~ Saudi-Arabien

629 ~ United Arab Emirates 

690 – 695 Made in China.
740 ~ 745 – Central America

All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.

(A) The first 2 (sometimes 3) digits, which are called the “flag”, indicate in what country the bar code was issued. This “flag” does NOT tell you, however, in what country the product was produced. In this case, the bar code was issued in the UK. Click here for an authoritative list of country prefixes.

(B) The next 5 digits indicate the supplier of the product.

(C) Another 5 digits indicate the product.

(D) The last digit is a check digit, which is used to make sure that the bar code reader at the checkout has read the product code correctly.

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