Israel changed the barcode prefix for the products manufactured in the country in order to skirt boycotts.

Social media users calling for a boycott of Israeli goods say barcodes can tell them what products not to buy, but they are misreading the numbers.

Excel creates most commonly used barcodes, either from free installed fonts, or add-ins for a price. Here's how.

If you’re serious about barcodes, U.K. developer Peninsula Group has just what you need: Barcode X, which allows you to create industry standard barcodes for integration with labels and other ...

A viral post says that you can look at a product barcode to see where the item was manufactured. Our Verify expert says that's false.

Almost all commercial products today feature a UPC or EAN barcode with their unique Global Trade Item Number (GTIN). This makes them easily identifiable—and scannable.

The EAN organization in South Africa has the code "600," but all the products of the company may be manufactured in England. The English-made products would still have the "600" prefix code.

While every phone can read QR codes located around you, barcode scanning is a different story altogether, and the best barcode scanner app makes it a bliss. While the process works similarly as QR ...

Viral images on social media make the claim that barcode prefixes can identify where a particular product was made ( here , here ).

With advancements in QR code technology and GS1’s dedication to providing better services, access to information with one scan is no longer just a vision of the future.