Legal Metrology License: Quantity Declaration on Package

The Essential Guide to Quantity Declaration on Packages

Under Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities, Numeration and General) Rules, it is a process that guarantees the product label complies with all pertinent regulatory criteria. The quality declaration is a statement that forms criteria, standards, and expectations for a service, particular product, process, or organisation. 

They play an important role in establishing trust with partners, regulatory bodies, and customers. Every importer and packer of the pre-packed products after obtaining the LMPC Licence needs to mention the required declaration on the package.

Table of content

• What are quality declarations on the Package?

• Different Quality Declaration on the Package

• Penalties for the quantity Declaration on the Package 

• Conclusion

• Frequently Asked Questions

What are quality declarations on the Package?

Quality Declaration on the package is defined as the statement or information published on the package of the product that describes the compliance, safety, and quality with specific requirements or rules. 

Different Quality Declaration on the Package

Under the legal Metrology Act following declarations that need to be mentioned on the package are mentioned below - 

• The details of the manufacturer like name and address and in case of the packer detail of the packer.  On imported packages detail of the importer like name and address. By scanning the QR Code name and address on the package will be known to the customer.

• The importer product shall contain the manufacturer on the package. or the name of the country of origin.

• The generic name of the commodity is mentioned on the package in case of one product and in case of more than one product Name, Number, or Net Quantity of each product is mentioned.

• The net quantity in terms of the standard unit of the measure or weight needs to be mentioned on the package. The commodity’s number if commodities sold in quantity.

• The detail on the commodity about the month and year of its manufacturing is mandatory to be mentioned on the package.

• If any package includes any product that may become unfit for human consumption needs to mention use by the date, month, and year such as the expiry date on the label of the product. 

• The "best before" refers to a date, the product must not be used after that date under any storage circumstances.

• Be sellable, maintain any special characteristics for which implied claims have been made, and perhaps continue to be safe for consumption after the expiration date.

• On the package retail sale price is mentioned which is inclusive of all the taxes.

• Details of the Brand Owner like name and address appear on the label of the package Then for violating the rules owner of the brand will be considered responsible.

• There is no requirement to provide a disclosure as of the month and year the product is manufactured or pre-packed.

• If the description on the package is important for the dimension of the goods the dimensions of the goods inside the box or, if the items are broken up into various pieces, the measurements of each individual piece.

• Expiry date or use by the date refers to the date marked as the end of the estimated period of the product under any condition of the stated storage after which the item or product shall not possess the qualities that buyers often demand in a product, and after this time, the product should not be considered marketable.

• If a word, like packed by or manufactured by, is mentioned on the label then the name and address of the manufacturer need to be mentioned accordingly liability is of the manufacturer.

• If packaging bearing the month in which a commodity was anticipated to have been pre-packed is still available, it may be used to pre-pack a commodity that is created or produced in the month after that, not before. However, the Union Government may extend the time during which such packaging material can be used if it is completely satisfied that it could not be used during the period mentioned due to any circumstance that occurred outside the manufacturer's or packer's control, as the case may be. Alternatively, if any such package material is used up before the month-end indicated in the package, the packaging material that is intended to be used during the time of the extension may be disposed of.

Penalties for the quantity Declaration on the Package 

There are certain penalties for Non-Declaration on the package as mentioned below - 

• Under Section 29 penalties for publishing and quoting is 10000/- and on the repetition of the offence is imprisonment of one year with a fine or both.

• Under Section 36 Penalties for error in the net quantity of the manufactured, packed, and imported are 10000 to 50000 or may extend to 100000 or imprisonment of 1 year on the repetition of the offense.

Conclusion

Any commodity must have a label that complies with the requirements of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, and any subsequent amendments until it is distributed, sold, or delivered. If provisions under the quantity declaration on the package are not followed then there are certain penalties which are imposed such as 25000/- of the sum payment or six months imprisonment. 

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What penalties are available under the Legal Metrology Act?

Under the Legal Metrology Act of 2009, Penalties are fines that might reach 25,000 rupees, and for a second or subsequent crime, they'll receive both a fine and up to six months imprisonment.

Is the MRP statement for packaged goods mandatory?

Packages that are bundled together for retail sales must adhere to all required declarations. The MRP in Indian Rupees and the unit price must both be disclosed on the packaging. Format dictating how the unit price is to be shown on each product.

What statements must be made while purchasing packaged goods?

A statement that needs to be made on the package holding the commodity must include a statement about the commodity's dimensions, weight, or combination of those factors if those factors affect the price of the commodity.

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