Abstract: An information carrier for recording information concerning a product. The carrier is formed of a fluoroplastic and is adapted to be affixed to the product. It includes a first side for facing a component of the product and a second side remote from the first side. The strip also includes an interior portion disposed between the sides with the interior portion having a color sharply contrasting with that of the second side. Thus, discrete bar-like segments of the second surface can be removed to expose the sharply contrasting color of the interior portion to provide coded information about the product. The carrier is formed of a severe environment resistant fluoroplastic so that it can travel with the component through severe environment processing steps.