Ever wonder what the Bar Code on that product you just bought can tell you? Here is a link to Snopes and Bar Code Intrepretation. Enjoy! Here is some exerpted information from Snopes.

If the origin of what you buy is important to you, may I suggest that you write down on a card (the size of your credit card) and keep in your wallet, the following information.

The first 3 digits of the barcode is the country code wherein the product was made.

BARCODES
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Lienchtenstein
471 ~ Taiwan
480 ~ Philippines
628 ~ Saudi-Arabien
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
690 ~ 695 China
740 ~ 745 Central America
Please spread this to everyone
Read more at – Barcode Information

Here is a more complete list of the Barcode Country list.