The web site of the Chinese newspaper, People’s Daily, reports that Chinese manufacturers are now required to add bar codes on packaging for 69 separate categories of products.
According to the People’s Daily article, the product categories falling under the new packaging requirements range from “electronics, electrical wires and agricultural production materials to food and cosmetics.” The bar coding requirements reportedly went into effect on December 3, 2007.
The new bar coding requirements were introduced by China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the Ministry of Commerce, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. It is expected that bar coded products will allow consumers to check product data by phone or the Internet in cases of suspected product defects.
Our readers can view the text of the People’s Daily article at this link.
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