Government has made it mandatory for manufacturing companies to print details like expiry date and net quantity on labels on all pre-packaged food in a bigger font size. Consumer Affairs Ministry has said, these changes have been effected through an amendment to the Legal Metrology (Packaged commodities) Rules, 2011. <br/><br/><br/>Talking to reporters in New Delhi yesterday, Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said, the size of words and numbers for mandatory declarations has been increased so that a consumer can easily read. <br/><br/>He said, five declarations are must to be printed on the label. These include Maximum Retail Price (MRP), Manufacturing data, expiry date, net quantity and consumer care details.