Monday, September 17, 2018

Not declaring Retail Price and Net Quantity in same font in Advertisement is violation of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011

Declaration of   Retail Price  and Net Quantity  is to be in  same font in the advertisement.

 This is as per Rule 32(1) & (2) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 as reproduced below:
”(1) Any advertisement mentioning the retail sale price of the pre-packaged commodity shall contain a declaration as to the net quantity or number of the commodity contained in the package.
(2) The font size of the net quantity in the advertisement shall be same as that of the retail sale price”.