Somebodies lying (or at least being deceptive). I checked the link. There’s no mention of 20 countries anywhere. Nobody said 20 countries here either. Setting that pedantry aside. In fact, even if it were used by significantly fewer than twenty countries, the ones that without a doubt do use them are spread around the globe. Thus, they are used globally.
So…
If you click on the little 2 at the end of:
“The codes are administered by the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS), a global coalition of fruit and vegetable associations that was formed in 2001 to introduce PLU numbers globally.[2]”
Scroll down to members. I counted 14 organization from at least 11 countries. So yeah , even the 20 was a streach.
This is what I ment. Sorry if it was not clear.
About the other thing, it is subjective. I would not consider something effecting less then 10% of the countries a global thing. But you do have a point there.
10% of countries is still a large population, and given the list, a large portion of globally traded food.
You also didn’t factor in GS1 being a member, which serves 115 countries. Surely all of them aren’t also using PLU, but they wouldn’t be a member if some portion of their base wasn’t.
After going down the rabbit hole, too, I wish they just had a clear country listing vs having to read about the members. So dumb.
seggturkasz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Well… if you check the link, it is like 20 country. Hardly a global standard.
Wolf314159@startrek.website 3 weeks ago
Somebodies lying (or at least being deceptive). I checked the link. There’s no mention of 20 countries anywhere. Nobody said 20 countries here either. Setting that pedantry aside. In fact, even if it were used by significantly fewer than twenty countries, the ones that without a doubt do use them are spread around the globe. Thus, they are used globally.
seggturkasz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
So… If you click on the little 2 at the end of: “The codes are administered by the International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS), a global coalition of fruit and vegetable associations that was formed in 2001 to introduce PLU numbers globally.[2]”
It will take you to: web.archive.org/web/…/AboutIFPS.aspx
Scroll down to members. I counted 14 organization from at least 11 countries. So yeah , even the 20 was a streach.
This is what I ment. Sorry if it was not clear.
About the other thing, it is subjective. I would not consider something effecting less then 10% of the countries a global thing. But you do have a point there.
Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 3 weeks ago
Ahhh. The autism. I get it bro.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 weeks ago
10% of countries is still a large population, and given the list, a large portion of globally traded food.
You also didn’t factor in GS1 being a member, which serves 115 countries. Surely all of them aren’t also using PLU, but they wouldn’t be a member if some portion of their base wasn’t.
After going down the rabbit hole, too, I wish they just had a clear country listing vs having to read about the members. So dumb.