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the killing continues, GAZA
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 07:22 pm |
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Well imagining yourself in Gaza and not able to get one might help ! 
Anyway,i just spoke about myself ,and started with Coca and Pepsi because they also were essential to me.
I have posted this several times....there is a movement, here is a link with a lot of information
Boycott, Divest, Sanction read the article and follow the links....here´s some of what I found.
.....Some of them include Lay´s, Doritos, Cheetos, Hayat Su, Danone, Activa, Elite Cafe, Becel, Lipton, Calve, Knorr, Algida, Magnum, Carte D´or, Axe, Rexona, Signal, Dove, Omo, Domestos, Marlboro, Parliament, Lark, Muratti, Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Starbucks Coffee chain, Mc Donald´s and Burger King.
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 07:26 pm |
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I agree with you on chinese products.
I remember last year´s scandal concerning mattel toys dye and the risk they had on children´s health.End of 2008 we had the melamin scandal.
The problem is that they dont put "made in china" on the products of multinational companies such as nestle, unilever, ....etc etc
So in order to track down the product one can look at the barcode, the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Sample all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
50 ~ UK
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
869 Turkey
Turkish products (cloths, kitchenware) We buy in france are quite good.
Interesting list, where did you find it? Can you provide a link to this information? The pet food problem was with foods that were did not have any indication they had any products made in China. Companies use parts from other countries. In the pet food case, it was the gluten that contained something that was deadly in particular to cats.
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 07:29 pm |
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occupation 101
A film explaining the root cause of the palestinian israeli problem. Story told by christians, jews and muslims. Story also told by israeli soldier, a lady, who enterred Akka in 1948 (acre, akko, )
The film also shows that israeli persecuted christians and forced them to leave their homes. Another proof that the conflict was never a jew vs. muslim nor arab vs non arabs.
I think it is very interesting and worth taking the time to watch it all.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2451908450811690589
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 07:41 pm |
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So in order to track down the product one can look at the barcode, the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Sample all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
50 ~ UK
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
869 Turkey
Turkish products (cloths, kitchenware) We buy in france are quite good.
729 - Israel
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 07:49 pm |
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729 - Israel
57 - Denmark......
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 08:04 pm |
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00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
50 ~ UK
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
869 Turkey
Turkish products (cloths, kitchenware) We buy in france are quite good.
FALSE !
Interesting list, where did you find it? Can you provide a link to this information?
here is the link you have requested ......
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 08:12 pm |
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I agree with you on chinese products.
I remember last year´s scandal concerning mattel toys dye and the risk they had on children´s health.End of 2008 we had the melamin scandal.
The problem is that they dont put "made in china" on the products of multinational companies such as nestle, unilever, ....etc etc
So in order to track down the product one can look at the barcode, the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Sample all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
50 ~ UK
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
869 Turkey
Turkish products (cloths, kitchenware) We buy in france are quite good.
This is an urban legend.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 08:14 pm |
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I´m all for the list! Do post it if you make it. Maybe it´ll help us to buy American products here, in the USA, instead of the ones made by people in other countries to whom American jobs were outsourced. 
But what they are not considering also by boycotting our products, you will also be hurting and affecting businesses and people´s jobs in your own country. 
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 08:22 pm |
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Oh no! This could seriously hurt the bacon industry. Take it back 
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15 Jan 2009 Thu 08:24 pm |
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I agree with you on chinese products.
I remember last year´s scandal concerning mattel toys dye and the risk they had on children´s health.End of 2008 we had the melamin scandal.
The problem is that they dont put "made in china" on the products of multinational companies such as nestle, unilever, ....etc etc
So in order to track down the product one can look at the barcode, the first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.
Sample all barcodes that start with 690.691.692 until 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
50 ~ UK
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
869 Turkey
Turkish products (cloths, kitchenware) We buy in france are quite good.
Just found this.....
Does the barcode number indicate the country of origin of a product?
"No it doesn´t. The 3-digit prefix code indicates which numbering organization has allocated the bank of numbers to the company. For example, a company may have it´s headquarters in South Africa. The EAN organization in South Africa has the code "600", but all the products of the company may be manufactured in England. The English-made products would still have the "600" prefix code. The prefix code is a way to have 70-plus EAN member organizations issuing numbers without having to worry about duplicate numbers........
GS1 Prefixes do not provide identification of country of origin for a given product. They simply provide number capacity to different countries for assignment from that location to companies who apply. Those companies in turn may manufacture products anywhere in the world. "
In addition, there is the problem of a lot of deception regarding country of origin labeling. For instance in the USA there is a label stating Made in USA, when in fact it could have been actually manufactured in a US territory or other entity and only had the minimal finishing touches applied in the US. For example Hand Knit does not really mean hand knit, the item could have been mostly machine knitted and finished by hand, thus earning the "hand knit" label.
With the pet food scandal, there was NO WAY to know any of the ingredients in the pet food were from China, without extensive research being done. It was only when a lot of pets started dying, and independent research was done, it was exposed that some ingredients were from China.
My partial solution is to buy as local as possible.
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.. does your word has more validity than mines? 
