Comments on: Check out your peanut butter here http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/02/11/check-out-your-peanut-butter-here/ Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:17:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Malgro http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/02/11/check-out-your-peanut-butter-here/comment-page-1/#comment-74060 John Malgro Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/?p=6816#comment-74060 Take this test. Go to the FDA Recall List for Peanut Products. I happen to know the UPC Code for a product. I enter like their example: UPC Code (Example: 54807-59114) 75070-00101 Your search - 75070-00101 - did not match any documents. No pages were found containing "75070-00101". Now, search for 7507000101. There are FIVE! There are over 328 products just like this. And, there are over a thousand with NO UPC Code. Take this test.
Go to the FDA Recall List for Peanut Products.
I happen to know the UPC Code for a product.
I enter like their example:
UPC Code (Example: 54807-59114)

75070-00101

Your search – 75070-00101 – did not match any documents.
No pages were found containing “75070-00101″.

Now, search for 7507000101.

There are FIVE!

There are over 328 products just like this.
And, there are over a thousand with NO UPC Code.

]]> By: John Malgro http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/2009/02/11/check-out-your-peanut-butter-here/comment-page-1/#comment-73899 John Malgro Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:51:08 +0000 http://blog.sunlightfoundation.com/?p=6816#comment-73899 I would not depend on the UPC Code for two reasons: 1) There are a *lot* of missing UPC Codes from the entries. 2) There are a *lot* of formats, not just the standard 12345-12345 format shown on the web page. I would not depend on the UPC Code for two reasons:
1) There are a *lot* of missing UPC Codes from the entries.
2) There are a *lot* of formats, not just the standard 12345-12345 format shown on the web page.

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