What does the label 4958 on fruit mean?

In the imported fruit section of the supermarket, each fruit has a different code. This code is called PLU code, which is the abbreviation of price inquiry code and literally translated as "price inquiry code".

The application of PLU code in foreign countries is to facilitate supermarkets to track and inquire about the types, sizes and prices of products. Each fruit has a different PLU code, according to which you can know the relevant information of the fruit you bought.

The PLU code can also roughly reflect the way fruits are grown. Because of the different agricultural production methods, a "prefix code" is added before these four-digit codes to distinguish the planting methods.

The prefix "9" indicates organic production; The prefix "8" indicates that it has been genetically modified; The prefix "0" indicates that chemical fertilizers and pesticides may be used, and it is a fruit produced by conventional planting techniques.

PLU code is not mandatory. It is more common in imported fruits in the United States, Canada and other countries, but less common in Europe and Africa.

Extended data

The four-digit codes used by PLU generally start with 3 or 4, and the code range is from 40 1 1 to 4959. Each group of four-digit codes represents a specific combination of variety, specification or grade and place of origin, but the address of individual codes has no special significance.

For example, 4 133 stands for "apple, small fuji species, small western producing areas"; 4 135 means "apple, small fuji species, big western producing area". By the end of 1997, PEIB had issued 122 PLU codes for Apple. 10 peach; 14 plum; Nectarine) 6.

Because the number of four prefixes is not enough, PEIB began to use PLU four-digit code with three prefixes from 1998.

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