An RFID label assembly and method of manufacturing the same. In one
embodiment, the manufacturing method comprises the steps of (a) providing
an RFID label assembly, the RFID label assembly comprising a common web,
the common web having a top surface and a bottom surface, a plurality of
RFID labels spaced apart from one another and releasably mounted on top
of the common web, at least some of the RFID labels being defective and
at least some of the RFID labels not being defective, and an eye mark
printed on the bottom surface of the common web for each of the RFID
labels, each eye mark having a length corresponding to the length of its
corresponding RFID label; (b) testing each of the RFID labels for the
purpose of detecting defective RFID labels; and (c) removing from the
common web all RFID labels found in step (b) to be defective.