NEW ISRAELI BAR CODE
Many people had stopped buying ANYTHING with a barcode starting 729, so Israel has changed it to 871, if you don’t want to support Israel in their genocide of Palestinians, don’t buy with this bar code. The old one is below:
OLD Israeli bar code
Source: Shaunynews
Related:
…But upon investigating the barcodes of known Israeli goods people found the barcodes weren’t always correct:
The Israeli bar code story is not so simple. I purchased several food items from Israel to investigate which could be from the occupied territories.
The Achdut Tahini from Industrial Zone Barkan (Occupied Territories) starts out: 7 219….
Pri-Vayerek Olives from Industrial Zone Har Tov starts: 7 922… (Barbet (Jam) imported from Israel by Supreme Foods of Concord Ont.: 6 507…)
I notice that foods from Sweden start out with either a 7 or an 8, so there is no consistent labeling for some countries. As a matter of fact, I notice that the first number is not consistently the same on goods from any particular country; foods from Canada usually start with a 6, but not always. There must be a better way to tell…
So where does this leave us?
We recommend you read all the labels and not rely on the bar code as it clearly does not indicate the country of origin, although it might be accurate on many occasions.
Source: Inminds
