Myth: "Israeli products can be recognized by a barcode that starts with 729."

[MikeWB]

Myth: "Israeli products can be recognized by a barcode that starts with 729."
Fact: This is not necessarily true.
If you're of the opinion that Israel deserves a boycott right about now, you're probably wondering how one knows a product they're about to buy was exported from Israel?
Here's how.
The answer is to download a database that matches all UPC product codes (barcodes) on the market as of yet to their respective manufacturers. You can actually download such a database as it is free and distributed under the Creative Commons license (here). Then, simply do a search for "Israel" to find which companies market products which are made in Israel.
Good news: I've done all the work for you!
Here is a comprehensive spreadsheet of all companies exporting products from Israel: http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key= ... tAywXlJjLg
Here is a comprehensive chart of all Israeli products registered by UPC to date: http://pastebin.com/f44d17b9c

If you want to know about produce to boycott, check this Dutch website: http://tinyurl.com/boycottisraeliproducts . Agriculture is a sizeable chunk of Israeli GDP, so next time you're at the supermarket make sure to avoid brands like Jaffa, Caramel, Sabra, Tivall, and Yarden!

Instead, consider purchasing Bolivian onions, Venezuelan crustaceans or magoes, Norwegian cheese, and Dutch Gouda cheese!

In order to recreate the above results, the following Linux/MacOSX commands may be used:
$ wget <http://www.upcdatabase.com/downloads/upcdatabase-2009.01.01.tar.gz>
$ tar zxf upcdatabase-2009.01.01.tar.gz
$ cd upcdatabase-2009.01.01
$ grep -i "israel"" glns.csv | awk -F, '{ print $1 }' | cut -c 8- --complement | awk '{print "^"$0}' | grep -f - items.csv > items-israel.csv
$ cat items-israel.csv | awk -F, '{ printf( "%s %*s %sn", $1, 36, $2, $3 ) }'

Guys, please spread this around! Economic boycott is what took down Apartheid in South Africa.