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Product Descriptions

US Department of Agriculture
The USDA's Commercial Item Descriptions are helpful in outlining the most important characteristics of a commercial product.
Food Data Central
The USDA's comprehensive database for food composition data including nutritive values for raw foods.

Product Codes

A product code is a unique identifier attached to a specific product. The following are list of commonly used codification systems. Please be advised that organic products do not have their own codification system. You may have to find codes for the non-organic version of your product.

HS Codes
ISIC Codes
The PDF document from the United Nations, outlining the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC codes).
NAICS Codes
The North American Industrial Classification System -- the most updated system in the US to classify companies into different categories based on their product or service.
Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community
SITC Codes
TARIC Codes

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