If the first digit on the bar code is 0, then the product is made in USA or Canada. Any other number is foreign made. Paul
That's incorrect. The first digit of a the product's barcode has nothing to do with the country of origin.
The only possible way to tell is to look for a country of origin declaration on the package or on the product itself, but as those declarations are sometimes falsified, you can't be certain in any case.
Yep Anita is right Checksnopes.com Determining countries origin by bar code. There is only the country where the bar code was issued from by the buyer. Nearly impossible to pinpoint the country wherer a product originates from with out the right bar code reader I guess. I got an email with that false info. Paul
A big problem is that some items like automobiles are ASSEMBLED in this country but many of the parts are made in other countries, sometimes in factories that have almost slave labor-like conditions.
Even "Made in the USA" is not 100% reliable. See the link below.
