What edge cases trip up point-of-sale systems in pharmacies and drug stores, think of recall of one batch?

In pharmacies and drug stores watch for: recall of one batch; expired stock sold; unit conversion (box to blister); controlled item discrepancy; prescription stolen or altered. A system that cannot handle these will frustrate the business; the catalog's failsafe items address some generic cases.

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