Universal Product Code

The US grocery industry's product barcode and numbering standard, chosen on 3 April 1973 from IBM's design; the first scan was a pack of Wrigley's gum in Troy, Ohio, on 26 June 1974.

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builds on

• Barcode concept 1949 [src]

maintained by

• GS1 organization 1974 [src]

created by

• George Laurer person 1925–2019 [src1][src2]

built upon by

• Global Trade Item Number standard 1977 [src]

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GS1