AUTHENTICATION OF A CONTAINER AND/OR PRODUCT PACKAGED THEREIN

A system and method for use in authenticating one or both of a container (101) and a product (112) packaged therein. The method comprises obtaining images of each of two codes (102, 104) carried by a container system (100) comprising the container. The method further comprises determining, for each image, a contrast ratio between one or more elements of the code in the image and the background of the code. The method still further comprises determining the authenticity of one or both of the container and the product packaged therein based at least in part on the contrast ratios for each image, and therefore, each code.