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During the global supply chain process, container seals and their unique container seal numbers are used to ensure the integrity of a shipment, and to identify if a container has been tampered with during transit.<\/p>\n

Container seals are placed onto shipping containers before shipment, and should remain intact until the container reaches it\u2019s final destination.<\/p>\n

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