Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China ?Here the method. The first 3 digits of barcode 690,691,692 is made in CHINA . Do not ever buy it for your own health.
471 is Made in Taiwan
If the 1st 3 digits are 690, 691 or 692 - China made
If the 1st 3 digits are 471 – Taiwan made
This is a human right to know, but the government and related department never educate the public, therefore we have to rescue ourselves. Remember.
With more and more milk products from China and Taiwan having problem. We really got to check where the things are produced.
Here is a way to differentiate Taiwan made products and China made products : by looking at first three digits of its Bar Code.
00-13: USA & Canada | 20-29: In-Store Functions | 30-37: France |
40-44: Germany | 45: Japan (also 49) | 46: Russian Federation |
471: Taiwan | 474: Estonia | 475: Latvia |
477: Lithuania | 479: Sri Lanka | 480: Philippines |
482: Ukraine | 484: Moldova | 485: Armenia |
486: Georgia | 487: Kazakhstan | 489: Hong Kong |
49: Japan (JAN-13) | 50: United Kingdom | 520: Greece |
528: Lebanon | 529: Cyprus | 531: Macedonia |
535: Malta | 539: Ireland | 54: Belgium & Luxembourg |
560: Portugal | 569: Iceland | 57: Denmark |
590: Poland | 594: Romania | 599: Hungary |
600 & 601: South Africa | 609: Mauritius | 611: Morocco |
613: Algeria | 619: Tunisia | 622: Egypt |
625: Jordan | 626: Iran | 64: Finland |
690-692: China | 70: Norway | 729: Israel |
73: Sweden | 740: Guatemala | 741: El Salvador |
742: Honduras | 743: Nicaragua | 744: Costa Rica |
746: Dominican Republic | 750: Mexico | 759: Venezuela |
76: Switzerland | 770: Colombia | 773: Uruguay |
775: Peru | 777: Bolivia | 779: Argentina |
780: Chile | 784: Paraguay | 785: Peru |
786: Ecuador | 789: Brazil | 80 - 83: Italy |
84: Spain | 850: Cuba | 858: Slovakia |
859: Czech Republic | 860: Yugoslavia | 869: Turkey |
87: Netherlands | 880: South Korea | 885: Thailand |
888: Singapore | 890: India | 893: Vietnam |
899: Indonesia | 90 & 91: Austria | 93: Australia |
94: New Zealand | 955: Malaysia | 977: International Standard Serial Number for Periodicals (ISSN) |
978: International Standard Book Numbering (ISBN) | 979: International Standard Music Number (ISMN) | 980: Refund receipts |
981 & 982: Common Currency Coupons | 99: Coupons | |
Nowadays, China businessmen know the consumers do not prefer products "made in china", so they won't show made from which country.
However, you may now refer to the barcodes, if the first 3 digits is 690-692 then it is made in China .