Country barcode prefixes do not indicate where a product was made, only the country where the company that makes the product is registered. Also, Israel hasn't changed its barcode prefix. Since ...

No, a barcode does not tell you where an item was manufactured. The number tells you what the item is, who owns the item and which GS1 office licensed the number. The Verify inbox is filled with your ...

Social media platforms have recently been flooded with posts suggesting that Israel altered its barcode number from 729 to 871, accompanied by calls for a boycott of Israeli products. However, India ...

Israel has “changed its barcode” from 729 to 841 and now to 871 in order to avoid a boycott of its products. Our verdict This is misleading. The Israeli member organisation of the body which assigns ...

Some international sellers exploit this confusion. On platforms such as AliExpress, foreign-made products often carry barcodes registered in the United States, creating the illusion of domestic origin ...

Barcodes can show where the company that applied for the barcode is based, but that isn’t necessarily the same as where a product was produced. A number of posts on social media claim that consumers ...

Israel changed the barcode prefix for the products manufactured in the country in order to skirt boycotts. Rating: Context: Country barcode prefixes do not indicate where a product was made, only the ...