Found this code (ABS) on a blueberry from Lidl. What is it?

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  1. Antilock break system

    Not entirely sure why you’d need it on a blueberry though. Maybe to stop them rolling off your spoon?

    Edit: gonna bug me now, why would there be a code on a blueberry? Did it rub off the packaging maybe? What kind of machine could print on a blueberry? Are these fake Chinese blueberries?

  2. ABS is a type of plastic, is it indented into the blueberry or does it look printed on?

    If I’d to try guess why it’s there it got imprinted in/on from the container they came in.

  3. Found possible explanation here [Five-year-old spots ‘mysterious’ letters printed on a blueberry](https://seniorsdiscountclub.com.au/threads/five-year-old-spots-mysterious-letters-printed-on-a-blueberry.4882/)

    One woman wrote in the comments: “They laser print the fruit boxes, it’s gone through a little hole onto the blueberry instead of the box!”

    “Not harmful though,” she added. “It’s done with air compression or something so it’s delicate.”

    Callum then inspected the box the blueberry was found in and discovered that the woman was correct in her observation. “The side of the carton was laser engraved with the matching letters…” he said.

    “I’m impressed that it etched so neatly on the blueberry without harming it at all.”

    “On the side of the plastic punnet, there are the same letters and numbers. It seems they do this with a CO2 etching device,” he continued. “This must have been done after the fruit was packed. This one blueberry was also etched through the plastic.”

    “CO2 etching seems to be gentle enough to not harm the surface of the blueberry. So I’ve learned something new! Hope you have too.”

  4. Damnit, I though it was a message from the other side

    ‘The side of the carton was laser engraved with the matching letters…I’m impressed that it etched so neatly on the blueberry without harming it at all’

  5. A philosophical mouse accidentally ate the tiniest bit of (rat) poison, had the time of its life and carefully carved a few letters into a blueberry.

    # Non news.

  6. That’s the absolute value of a blueberry, a representation of a blueberry where it’s sign is disregarded

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