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Curran Copeland wrote:
Got this in e-mail and thought it was interesting. I offer it for l your
interest, check it out and see if it seems correct to you. I checked on my
own and would like to know if anyone gets the same results. This is for
amusement only.
Curran Copeland


The whole world is concerned about China made 'black hearted goods'. Can you
differentiate which one is made in Canada, Philippines, Taiwan or China?

The first 3 digits of the bar code is the country code wherein the product
was made.


"Snopes" indicated this to be false. See:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp

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Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA