Is it illegal to put a 13-digit barcode on product packaging without applying?
It is illegal. According to Articles 35 and 36 of the "Commodity Barcode Management Measures", a penalty of less than 10,000 yuan or less than 30,000 yuan is generally imposed.
"Product Barcode Management Measures"
Article 21 No unit or individual may use the manufacturer identification program code and corresponding barcode without approval and registration. No unit or individual may use other barcodes on product packaging to impersonate product barcodes; no forgery of product barcodes is allowed.
Article 35
Anyone who uses the manufacturer identification program code and corresponding product barcode without approval and registration, uses other barcodes on product packaging to impersonate product barcodes or forges product barcodes, Or use the manufacturer identification program code and corresponding product barcode that have been logged out, they will be ordered to make corrections and fined not more than 30,000 yuan.
Article 36
If the commodities distributed are printed with commodity barcodes that have not been approved for registration, filing or counterfeit, they shall be ordered to make corrections and fined not more than 10,000 yuan. Requirements for the placement of barcodes on product packaging
The barcodes on the packaged goods should be smooth; if the packaging has wrinkles, it is best not to place the barcodes in the wrinkled areas; the barcodes should be placed in the best position. Clean and unobstructed. The placement requirement is to facilitate scanning and identification. What does the barcode on Tianjin Weiboxu product packaging mean?
Product barcode knowledge
Product barcode refers to a logo composed of a set of regularly arranged bars, spaces and their corresponding characters. , a symbol used to represent certain product information. The bars are dark and the spaces are dark, which are used for scanning and reading by barcode reading devices. The corresponding characters consist of a set of Arabic numerals for people to read directly or input data into the computer through the keyboard. The information represented by this group of spaces and the corresponding characters is the same.
Barcode technology was born with the development and application of computers and information technology. It is a new technology that integrates coding, printing, identification, data collection and processing.
Using barcode scanning is a major trend in market circulation in the future. In order to enable goods to circulate freely and widely around the world, companies must abide by the relevant regulations on product barcode management, whether designing and producing, applying for registration or using product barcodes.
Currently, the commonly used barcodes in the world include ENA barcode, UPC barcode, 25 barcode, crossed 25 barcode, Kudba barcode, 39 barcode and 128 barcode, etc., and the most commonly used barcode on goods is It is the EAN product barcode.
The EAN commodity bar code, also known as the universal commodity bar code, was developed by the International Article Numbering Association and is used all over the world. It is currently the most widely used commodity bar code in the world. Our country is currently promoting the use of this kind of commodity barcode in the country. EAN product barcodes are divided into two types: EAN-13 (standard version) and EAN-8 (shortened version).
EAN-13 universal product barcode generally consists of a prefix, manufacturer code, product code and check code. The prefix code in the product barcode is a program code used to identify the country or region. The coding authority is in the International Article Numbering Association, such as 00-09 representing the United States and Canada. 45-49 represents Japan. 690-692 represents mainland China, 471 represents Taiwan, and 489 represents Hong Kong SAR. The authorization of manufacturer's code depends on the article coding organization of each country or region. In my country, the manufacturer's code is assigned by the National Article Coding Center. Product code is a code used to identify products. The coding rights are exercised by product manufacturers themselves. The manufacturer decides which Arabic numerals to use as product barcodes on which products of its own according to specified conditions. The product barcode finally uses a 1-digit check code to verify the correctness of the 1-12th digit program code from the left in the product barcode.
The encoding of product barcodes follows the principle of uniqueness to ensure that product barcodes are not repeated worldwide, that is, a product project can only have one program code, or one program code can only identify one product. Project. Products of different specifications, different packaging, different varieties, different prices, and different colors can only use different product codes.
The standard size of product barcodes is 37.29mm x 26.26mm, and the magnification is 0.8-2.0. When the printing area allows, a barcode with a magnification of 1.0 or above should be selected to meet the reading requirements. The smaller the magnification of the barcode, the higher the printing accuracy requirement. When the printing accuracy cannot meet the requirements, it is easy to cause difficulty in reading the barcode.
Since the reading of barcodes is achieved through the color contrast between the barcode bar and the space, in general, any color that can meet the contrast (PCS value) requirements can be used. Usually, light colors are used for hollows, such as white, orange, yellow, etc., and dark colors are used for strips, such as black, dark green, dark brown, etc. The best color combination is black bars and white space. According to practical experience in barcode detection, red, gold, and light yellow are not suitable colors for bars, and transparent and gold cannot be used as blank colors.
EAN-8 product barcode refers to an 8-digit product barcode used for identification, which is composed of a 7-digit product project code and a 1-digit check character.
The birth of commodity barcodes has greatly facilitated the circulation of commodities, and modern society is inseparable from commodity barcodes. According to statistics, currently 500,000 products in my country use internationally accepted commodity barcodes. After my country joins the WTO, enterprises will surely gain more space for activities on the international stage. In order to be in line with international practices and adapt to the needs of international economic and trade, enterprises cannot wait for product barcodes.
Hope this helps! What kind of barcode should be used for product packaging?
Product packaging, generally speaking, is the matter of boxing, boxing, bagging, wrapping, and bundling products. Product packaging is the most common thing for manufacturers. Now many people have regarded it as a marketing tool and brand strategy, and it also occupies a place in the marketing strategy.
Barcode Definition
A barcode is a graphic identification symbol that expresses a set of information by arranging multiple black bars and blanks of varying widths according to certain coding rules. . A common barcode is a parallel line pattern composed of black bars (bars for short) and white bars (empties for short) with very different reflectivities. Barcodes can indicate the country of production, manufacturer, product name, production date, book classification number, mail starting and ending location, category, date and many other information. Therefore, they are used in many fields such as commodity circulation, library management, postal management, and banking systems. Be widely used.
Barcode types
A barcode is a set of bars and spaces arranged according to certain coding rules to represent information composed of certain characters, numbers and symbols. The barcode system is an automatic identification system consisting of barcode symbol design, production and scanning and reading. Barcode cards are divided into two types: one-dimensional code and two-dimensional code. One-dimensional codes are commonly used. For example, the barcodes on the outer packaging of daily commodities are one-dimensional codes. Its information storage capacity is small and it can only store a code name. When used, the data in the computer network can be retrieved through this code name. QR codes have been developed in recent years. They can store more information in a limited memory space, including text, images, fingerprints, signatures, etc., and can be used without a computer.
There are many types of barcodes, and there are more than 20 common code systems, including: Code39 code (standard 39 code), Codabar code (Kudabar code), Code25 code (standard 25 code), ITF25 code (cross 25 code), Matrix25 code (matrix 25 code), UPC-A code, UPC-E code, EAN-13 code (EAN-13 international commodity barcode), EAN-8 code (EAN-8 international commodity barcode ), Chinese postal code (a variant of matrix 25 code), Code-B code, MSI code, Code11 code, Code93 code, ISBN code, ISSN code, Code128 code (Code128 code, including EAN128 code), Code39EMS (EMS Dedicated 39 code) and other one-dimensional barcodes and PDF417 and other two-dimensional barcodes.
Currently, the types of barcodes widely used internationally include:
EAN, UPC codes - commodity barcodes, used to uniquely identify a commodity around the world. The most common ones we see in supermarkets are EAN and UPC barcodes.
Among them, the EAN code is a commodity barcode widely used in the world today and has become the basis of electronic data interchange (EDI); the UPC code is mainly used in the United States and Canada;
Code39 Code - widely used in internal management of various industries because it can be composed of numbers and letters.
ITF25 code - widely used in logistics management
Codebar code - mostly used in the business of blood banks, libraries and photo studios
There are also Code93 code, Code128 code, etc.
In addition to the one-dimensional barcodes listed above, two-dimensional barcodes have also been developing rapidly and have found applications in many fields.
Introduction to EAN code
The full name of EAN code is European Article Number. It originated in 1977 and was adopted by twelve industrial countries in Europe. A barcode developed. It has now become an international
barcode system. The management of the EAN barcode system is carried out by the International Article Numbering Association (International Article Numbering Association), which is responsible for the allocation and authorization of national representative numbers of each member country. The specialized commodity barcode agency of each member country then assigns its domestic manufacturers, wholesalers Manufacturers, retailers, etc. grant manufacturer representatives
numbers.
The EAN code has the following characteristics:
(1) It can only store numbers.
(2) It can be scanned in both directions, that is, the barcode can be scanned from left to right or from right to left.
(3) There must be a check code to prevent errors in reading data, located at the far right of the EAN code.
(4) It has left guard line, middle line and right guard line to separate different parts of the barcode and capture appropriate safe space for processing.
(5) The barcode has a certain length and is relatively inflexible, but through appropriate channels, it can be used in countries around the world.
According to different structures, EAN barcodes can be divided into:
EAN-13 code: It consists of 13 digits and is the standard encoding type of EAN.
EAN-8 code: It consists of 8 numbers and is a simple coding form of EAN.
UPC code (Universal ProductCode)
The UPC code is the earliest barcode used on a large scale. Its characteristic is a fixed-length, continuous barcode
, currently mainly used in the United States and Canada, is also called a universal barcode due to its wide range of applications.
Do fertilizer product packages have to be marked with barcodes?
Nowadays, products used for circulation must have barcodes. For barcode applications in Guangdong Province, you can contact me. How to generate barcodes for foreign product packaging
Register product barcodes. Someone is doing this in the barcode bar of Baidu Tieba. You can check whether two barcodes are allowed on the same product packaging
Two barcodes are allowed on the same product package.
Coding rules
Uniqueness: The same product with the same specifications corresponds to the same product code, and the same product with different specifications corresponds to different product codes. Different product codes are assigned according to the different properties of the product, such as weight, packaging, specifications, smell, color, shape, etc.
Permanent: Once the product code is distributed, it cannot be changed and is lifelong. When such a product is no longer produced, its corresponding product code can only be put on hold and cannot be reused or distributed to other products.
Meaningless: In order to ensure that the program code has enough capacity to adapt to the needs of frequent product updates, it is best to use meaningless sequence codes.
A barcode is a graphic identification symbol that expresses a set of information by arranging multiple black bars and blank spaces of varying widths according to certain coding rules. A common barcode is a parallel line pattern composed of black bars (referred to as bars) and white bars (referred to as spaces) with widely different reflectivities. Barcodes can indicate the country of production, manufacturer, product name, production date, book classification number, mail starting and ending location, category, date and many other information. Therefore, they are used in many fields such as commodity circulation, library management, postal management, and banking systems. Be widely used. What does it mean if there are no barcodes on Chinese product packaging?
Does it mean that it is not a national trademark, or that it is processed by some independent processing plants without annual national inspections? Is it illegal to have food without a barcode?
It’s not necessarily illegal. For example, a bowl of noodles or a pound of apples on the roadside are food, right? Is there a barcode? But it is indeed legal.