PACKAGING AND LABELLING OF GOODS FOR DISPLAY

摘要

A method of packaging and labelling goods (3) is proposed where the goods (3), such as red meats, are initially packaged with machine readable information on a label (19). The machine readable information identifies characteristics of the goods (3) such as type, weight, packaged date, etc. The machine readable information is read by a machine reader prior to display of the goods for sale and the package then has purchaser readable information applied thereto, such as type, weight, use by date, cost. The method is particularly suitable for packaging goods (3) such as red meats in a controlled atmosphere to enhance the keeping properties of the goods (3) prior to display for sale. When the goods (3) are to be displayed for sale they can be removed from the controlled atmosphere, and have the purchaser readable information applied thereto which could not have been predetermined prior to the packaging of the goods (3). Apparatus for applying the user readable information is also disclosed. Packaging apparatus for packaging suchgood (3) with the machine readable information thereon is also disclosed.