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| Just last month, Global Authentication Holdings, Inc., | | | | to any package that needs to be tamper evident. And |
| (GAI) launched its Dual Certification service for any | | | | for companies that want to put their personalized |
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| "This unique and first to market innovation enables | | | | company logo or pattern. Thanks to the three |
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| So how exactly does this Dual Certification process | | | | security and eliminate the counterfeiting of products. In |
| work? "Each Dual Certified item receives a tamper | | | | addition to members of the collectibles marketplace, |
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| time. The population of each Dual Certified item is also | | | | measures must be taken in order to make a product |
| archived for information on pricing and rarity." The | | | | tamper resistant. |
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