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Are they usually unique countrywide? Worldwide?

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[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Produce has a PLU (price lookup code) which is standardized globally.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

its been over 20 years but I know that bananas will always be 4011

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

94011 for life yo, miss me with them conventionals

[–] Squibbles@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've seen some produce with a sticker showing PLU and a barcode. Is the barcode in that case just an encoding of the PLU or something grower specific?

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

It's and encoding of PLU, you can scan or enter the code.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I am also not sure