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Managing defective products at Point of Sale

Oct 10th, 08:37


Managing defective products at Point of Sale
By Wendy Smith

The need for accurate identification and traceability has been perpetuated by recent food scares, like the meat labeling incident in South Africa (February 2013) and the Fonterra milk irregularity (August 2013), where contaminants were allegedly found in some of the New Zealand cooperative’s milk products.

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