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<DIV>I worked for a company doing package design for 15 years, so I worked with
a lot of bar codes. The first 5 numbers (6 if you count the little number at the
very beginning) were assigned to our company. The last set of 5 numbers was the
item number of the product that we assigned. We sold dog collars, dog toys, dog
food and treats, rawhide, dog bowls, etc. It didn't matter where the items were
manufactured, the first 5 numbers stayed the same. </DIV>
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<DIV>For example, we got our rawhide from Mexico, Paraguay, China or Taiwan (who
ever gave us the cheapest price). All of those products would have had the same
barcode numbers, because they were sold through our company. We did label the
packaging with "Made in China" or Made in Taiwan", but you could not have
figured that out by reading the barcode.</DIV>
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