Taggant

A taggant can mean a radio frequency chip. For example, radio waves are used to automatically identify items, such as pharmaceutical products, by assigning individual serial numbers to each product. This technology may be capable of ensuring that drugs are not diverted or counterfeited by allowing wholesalers and pharmacists to determine the identity and dosage of individual products.

Related Topics:
Radio frequency - Chip - Serial number

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A taggant is also a chemical or physical marker added to many types of plastic, sheet and flexible explosives during manufacture to help prevent their use in terrorist attacks and to identify the source of the explosive after an attack.

Related Topics:
Explosives - Terrorist

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