April 8, 2016 8:45 PM

printer

Display price, quantity in 40% packet area: Govt to food companies

The government has amended norms to make it mandatory for packaged food manufacturing firms to display retail price and quantity among other six details more prominently in at least 40 per cent of the packet area. Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has directed the officials to ensure the amended rule is enforced from July this year. <br/><br/>An official release said, the Ministry will set up monitoring cell to ensure strict compliance of new provisions. As per the norms, name of manufacture, net quantity of product, manufacturing date, retail sale price and consumer care contacts shall have to be displayed in the prescribed area of the packet in readable font size. <br/><br/>The Ministry is also setting up quick response system to attend consumer complaints and the existing National Consumer Helpline is being geared up for this purpose.A senior level officer will monitor the disposal of complaints on daily basis.

Most Read
View All arrow-right

No posts found.