I should have known I could count on Snopes to debunk that one.

"Joe" wrote in message
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First three numbers in bar code tells where it is made

00-09 USA/Canada

30-37 France

40-44 Germany

47 Taiwan

49 Japan

50 UK

690-692 China

for whatever it's worth:

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