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 ...

WASHINGTON (WUSA) — The Verify inbox is filled with your questions about suspicious claims being shared on social media about coronavirus. One Facebook post with close to 400,000 shares online says to ...

On social media, calls have been increasing to stop buying goods and services from Israel. But are they based on facts? Multiple social media posts claim to show how to identify products coming from ...

Consumers were concerned when they noticed that the barcode on bottles of Valpré water does not start with ‘600’, the code for South Africa. Consumers do not have to worry: Valpré water, whichis ...

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 ...