APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING CONTAINERS

Apparatus for inspecting containers, having a transport device which transports the containers along a predetermined transport path, and having an inspection device for inspecting the containers, wherein this inspection device has an image recording device which is configured for recording a spatially resolved image of a bottom of the container. The apparatus includes an image evaluation device which is configured for evaluating the image recorded up by the image recording device, wherein this image evaluation device enables a distinction between images of those containers which have foreign bodies in their interior and those containers which have foreign bodies on an outer surface of the bottom.