Claim: Israel changed its barcode from 729 to 871 due to the public's boycott of Israeli products
Fact-check: The barcode only shows the GS1 member country where the manufacturing company is registered - FACTLY
Verdict: the barcode does not serve as a means to identify the country of origin or manufacture of a product; it solely indicates the gs1 member country which the manufacturing company is registered with. hence, the claim made in the post is false.
Organisation: FACTLY
Author: Sushmitha Ponnala
Date published: 2023-11-15T13:45:27