ironhorse Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 This may be of interest the bar code on food items, with the scandle of horse meat being in food stuffs. If the first digits of the barcode 690-692 then it’s made in China 471 it comes from Taiwan 00-09 USA & Canada 30-37 France 40-44 Germany 49 Japan 50 UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 I have some light bulbs in front of me. First two numbers are 50 Under that it says "Made in China" I'm fairly confident there's no horse in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmo Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 471 that is the dogs b*******s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HW682 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) 90 on a can of Red Bull? (edit: only 8 digits, much less than some other bar codes just looked at) Edited February 10, 2013 by HW682 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul99 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Incase you haven't already guessed: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/product-bar-codes.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinggun Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) I think people on the telly are taking this horse meat thing a bit to far, the company should have admitted it yes but, just issue a public apology and change the label to horse and beef and whatever else, it'll make no difference to me I'll still buy and eat it happily. Edited February 10, 2013 by smokinggun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 The crux of the above link below. And as someone that works in this highly entertaining field I can vouch for it's accuracy. A GTIN starts with the GS1 Prefix of the GS1 Member Organisation that allocated a GS1 Company Prefix to a company to allow them to generate GTINs and bar code their products. This does not mean that the product was manufactured in a specific country or by a specific manufacturer, it may have been produced anywhere in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustJon Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Beef not have something like the red tractor used on pork and chicken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 90 on a can of Red Bull? (edit: only 8 digits, much less than some other bar codes just looked at) Your looking at an ean8 code, the other european sort being 13 digits in length. The yank versions are 7 and 12 digits long and called upc codes but of the same 'family'. These two types being used in retail at point of sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 I think people on the telly are taking this horse meat thing a bit to far, the company should have admitted it yes but, just issue a public apology and change the label to horse and beef and whatever else, it'll make no difference to me I'll still buy and eat it happily. If the horses were bred and reared for meat then so would I, but thats not whats been happening. This is meat from old nags of dubious origin that has entered the food chain,( apparantly in Rumania they are saying now), with none of the health checks and safeguards in place. What they are not saying because it would be too explosive, but has to come out at some time, is that the whole EU wide system of accrediting and inspecting meat is potentially riddled with corruption and fraud and probably has been for years. No suprises there then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holly Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 why have the uk government not banned the import of foreign processed meat ?if its not whats on the label ie horse not beef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 why have the uk government not banned the import of foreign processed meat ?if its not whats on the label ie horse not beef I don't think they can.... We are all in the eu... Remember the French ban on UK beef and the fines...... Some Romanian gangsters have been passing off old nags as beef..... Wouldn't surprise me to find out the hoards of feral ponies in the uk have ended up in Romanian slaughter houses to be sold back as beef..........with some caravan owners pocketing the proceeds and some meat inspectors retiring to a nice big house on the lake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39TDS Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Live horses in this country have been very nearly worthless, I bet they can't even give them away now. I've heard tell that if you take your horse to market you must watch your trailer. Turn your back and some sod will fill it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 The New forest ponies have always gone to France for slaughter. There is a farm near us where the farmer accumulates horses in one of his fields, as 39tds says they are not worth anything at all. Then they too go to France apparantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul taylor Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 And my wife thinks I'm strange eating wood pigeon and wabbits I've shot knowing where they are from and seeing what they eat funny really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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