System and process for sorting and opening packages

A system for sorting packages, comprising:

• means for conveying the packages to be sorted;
• Universal Product Code reading means located at a preselected location at the conveyor means for reading the Universal Product Code on each of the packages being conveyed on the conveyor means;
• processor means operatively associated with the Universal Product Code reading means for receiving the signal representing the Universal Product Code from the reading means and comparing the Universal Product Code with stored information related to the Universal Product Code;
• first ejector means operatively associated with the processor means for ejecting packages not identified by the processor means from the conveyor means;
• and,
• detection means located at the conveyor means downstream of the first ejector means for determining if a package selected for ejection by the first ejector means was in fact ejected from the conveyor means.