Fitting radio frequency identification (RFID) chips inside cigarette packets
to combat counterfeiting is one option being considered by
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
The department has yet to make any decision about how it will identify
individual packets, but says RFID is one possibility.
‘It was announced in the budget that we will work with the cigarette industry
to develop covert markings on packs,’ said a HMRC spokesman.
‘However we do not yet know what form that covert marking will take. Nothing
has been ruled in or out and microchips are one of many options that also
include holographic markings.’
The embedding of RFID tags would allow Customs officials to scan cigarette
packets with a handheld reader to determine if duty has been paid.
The Tobacco Manufacturers’
Association is reported to support the technology to cut the number of
counterfeit products sold in UK retailers. About three per cent of cigarettes
smoked in Britain were counterfeit, it says.
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