Production system

A production system of food containers,

• in which production system,
• the containers have hollow main bodies having openings at their top parts and caps for closing the openings, and
• the production system comprises
• a conveyor line for conveying the containers,
• a capper for attaching the caps to the main bodies of the containers on the conveyor line,
• one or more inspection apparatuses arranged on the conveyor line,
• a caser packaging a plurality of the containers conveyed on the conveyor line in cases,
• a reading apparatus configured so as to read first information attached to top surfaces of caps of the containers for identifying the containers at one or more predetermined points immediately before and/or after the inspection apparatuses, devices for producing the containers for storing food and/or devices for storing food in the containers, and
• a memory apparatus configured so as to store linked together the first information of the containers, second information attached to the main bodies of the containers for identifying the main bodies, and times when the containers passed one or more predetermined points, and store fourth information attached to the case and associated with at least one of the first or second information,
• wherein the first information is stored in the memory apparatus associating with inspection results from the one or more inspection apparatuses and the devices for producing the containers for storing food and/or the devices for storing food in the containers so that the cause of problem with the containers can be identified in the event of a problem with the container;
• and
• wherein the first information is associated with the fourth information to enable identification of the container and the cases in which the container is contained in the event of a problem with the container.