In news– The Union government has amended the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011 for ease of doing business and reducing the compliance burden for the electronic industries.
Key amendments-
Following are the amendments proposed by the Department of Consumer Affairs, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution vide the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), (Second Amendment) Rules 2022-
- Amendments allowed the electronic products to declare certain mandatory declarations through the QR Code for a period of one year, if not declared in the package itself.
- This amendment will allow the industry to declare the elaborated information in the digital form through the QR Code.
- It will allow important declarations to be declared effectively on the label in the package while the other descriptive information can be conveyed to the Consumer through the QR Code.
- The declarations include information like address of the manufacturer or packer or importer, the common or generic name of the commodity, the size and dimension of the commodity customer care details except the telephone number & email address.
- Earlier, all the prepackaged commodities including the electronic products are required to declare all the mandatory declarations as per the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 on the package.
The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011-
- These rules were notified under the Legal Metrology Act 2009.
- The rules provide for regulation of pre-packing and sale etc. of commodities in packaged form.
- The rules say that no person shall pre-pack or cause or permit to be pre-packed any commodity for sale, distribution or delivery unless the package in which the commodity is pre-packed bears thereon or, a label is securely affixed.
- They provide specific commodities to be packed and sold in recommended standard packages.
- They provide for declarations to be made on every package, such as the name and address of the manufacturer and quantity.
Source: PIB
