Packaged commodities shall have to display products information more prominently.

Amended rule will be enforced from July this year

Now in all the packaged commodities six mandatory information shall have to be displayed more prominently atleast at the 40 percent area of the packet, except top and bottom, so that these are easily readable by consumers. Packaged commodities rules have been amended by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution for this purpose. Chairing the meeting of Bureau of Indian Standards at Mussoorie yesterday evening, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan directed the officials of his Ministry to ensure enforcement of the amended rule from July this year positively.

According to the amendment, name of manufacture/packager/ importer, net quantity of product, manufacturing date, retail sale price and consumer care contacts shall have to be displayed in a panel of 40% of the area of the packet in readable font size. Monitoring cell will be setup to ensure strict compliance of new provision.