Counterfeit, tamper and refill evident packaging

A container comprising a mouth, a cap for operably exposing or closing the mouth, a sealing layer on top of the mouth and a security label which is scannable, wherein,

• at least a portion of the cap is transparent;
• the security label is integrated with the cap;
• the security label is machine scannable;
• a reference is provided on the sealing layer;
• and
• the reference enables determination of spatial orientation of the security label for tamper evidence and counterfeit evidence.

A packaging container comprising of region with variable color-shift optical property wherein,

• variable data in encoded form for machine scan is disposed on the region with variable color-shift optical property;
• said variable data in encoded form is disposed with random spatial orientation and orientation is registered in database for subsequent authentication;
• and
• unique credential of packaging is based on color profile along one or more visually distinguished markers within the variable data in encoded form.