Ok Mobil Terminal, I received this through my email. Is it true? You are usually good finding these things out.





The whole world is afraid of China-made 'black hearted   goods'.  Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China?

Let me tell you . . . if the first 3 digits of the barcode are  690, 691,   or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA ..  471 is Made in Taiwan .  
    
This is our  human right to know, but the government and   related department never educate the public, therefore we have to RESCUE   ourselves.

Nowadays,  Chinese businessmen know that consumers do   not prefer products 'MADE IN CHINA', so they don't show from which   country it is made.   However, you may now refer to the barcode, remember if   the first 3 digits are   690-692 then it is MADE IN CHINA.

00 - 09 USA & CANADA
30 - 37 FRANCE
40 - 44 GERMANY
49 - JAPAN
50 - UK

That sounded like a double dog dare to me - so here ya go

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

Hey, Joann, I know who sent you that e-mail

There are numbers on the clothing tags at the stores, esp. walmart.....when there is no tag for scanning the cashier will punch the code in from off the
cloth tag on the clothing and there ya go.....SOLD.....I used to work there.....very very very interesting job and certainly not because of the tasks
but the environment itself.......