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Curran Copeland wrote:
"Robatoy" wrote in message
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On Jan 16, 4:35 pm, "DGDevin" wrote:

Nova wrote:

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


Too bad, it would be nice to be able to avoid MIC products that aren't
labelled as such.



Too bad that Snopes has an agenda and is also been known to s t r e t
c h the the facts.
They're a right-wing conspiracy?

Didn't Snopes indicate that to be false?



How about:

"Hoax-Slayer:
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/product-bar-codes.shtml

Adam's Communications
http://www.adams1.com/upccode.html

KomoNews
http://www.komonews.com/news/consumer/36184479.html

Truth Or Fiction
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/b/barcodes.htm

Should I continue?

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