The 360 app will take pictures using the phone's built-in five megapixel camera, and will act as a method of establishing the satellite's position.

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While committing itself to the principle of providing accurate information to consumers, the government has warned that there are "real practical difficulties in establishing traceability to identity method of slaughter to the point of consumption".

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