From April, food items to carry not just MRP, but price/unit too

NEW DELHI: In its bid to empower customers to make knowledgeable choices earlier than shopping for any packaged merchandise, the federal government will implement new packaging norms from subsequent April. The producers should make extra declarations to MRP by mentioning the worth of the commodity per unit — per kg or litre for gadgets weighing greater than a kg or litre; and per gram or millilitre (ml) for gadgets of lower than one kg or a litre.
There can be comparable norms for gadgets that may be measured in metres and centimetres.
The amended Authorized Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Guidelines additionally removes the “specified portions” norms for packaging for 19 varieties of gadgets together with milk, tea, biscuits, edible oil, atta, mushy drink and ingesting water, child meals, pulses and cereals, bread, cement bag, and detergents. So, there can be no such authorities mandated specs on portions and with this the producers could have freedom to resolve the portions of all packaged gadgets.
One other main change is necessary declaration of “month and 12 months of manufacture” on imported packaged gadgets as an alternative of the present regime the place the importer or vendor has the choice of mentioning both month and date of import or pre-packing. “The standard of any product is linked to the manufacturing date,” mentioned a shopper affairs ministry official. The ministry has notified the adjustments within the guidelines.