JUNIOR CYCLE BUSINESS STUDIES • The product’s country of origin.
• A nutrition declaration (the energy value of the product, and the amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrates, sugars, protein and salt it contains).
A Designing a food product label
In groups, go to page 65 of your Activities and Accounts Book to design a product label.
Barcodes
A barcode is a series of vertical lines that can be read by a checkout scanner.
A barcode contains information about the product, such as:
• Name • Price • Country of origin.
We will
learn more about stock in chapter 25
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The information contained in the barcode is read by the scanner at the checkout and the details are printed on the customer’s receipt. The number of units of the product left in the shop’s stockroom is also updated. This means that the shop knows when to order more of a particular item.
CONSUMER LAWS When you pay for goods or a service, you are entering into a contract with the seller.
i A contract is a legal agreement between two or more people.
