Myth busted: Food Barcodes Do Not Reveal Products Made in China

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Myth busted: Food Barcodes Do Not Reveal Products Made in China

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by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, December 8, 2008

Key concepts: _Melamine_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/melamine.html) , _Made

in China_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/made_in_China.html) and _Food safety_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/food_safety.html)

 

Looking to avoid food products made in China? I don't blame you: The country

has become the world capitol of contaminated foods.

 

A circulating email claims that UPC barcodes reveal the country of origin

for food products. Anything made in China, the email informs us, will begin

with three digits in the range of 690 to 695.

 

Products made in the U.S. begin with 00 to 13, says the email.

 

This information is false. NaturalNews looked into the barcode issue to

determine the reliability of this advice and found it to be pure fiction.

 

Many nutritional supplements made in the U.S., for example, actually begin

with 85, and there is no correlation between the country in which a UPC symbol

is registered and where a particular product is actually manufactured.

 

It's far better to look for the phrase, **Made in USA** (or whatever country

you're in). Definitely avoid food products that say, **Made in China.**

 

Unless, of course, you think your diet is deficient in melamine.

 

Bottom line: Don*t believe the emails that claim you can tell which products

are made in China just by reading the bar code.

 

And the best strategy of all? Stop buying conventional processed foods

altogether. Processed factory foods are usually dangerous to your health in one

way or another, regardless of where they are made. U.S. food manufacturers, for

example, load up foods with cancer-causing nitrates, MSG, aspartame, refined

sugars, partially-hydrogenated oils, petrochemical additives and deadly

levels of processed sodium.

 

Just because it*s made in the USA doesn*t mean it*s safe.

 

Remember this:

 

The difference between food made in China vs. food made in the U.S. is that

Chinese foods will kill you quickly while U.S. foods will kill you slowly.