The Legal Metrology requires each and every importer to be registered under the LMPC Act and provide following details in the markings on the packages sold to retail customers (either industrial or otherwise) provided the package is below 25 kgs.

1. All requisite details must be displayed prominently on principal display panel of the package and not on different sides. Details are of –

i) Maximum Retail Price

ii) Generic Name of the Product

iii) Month & Year of Packaging

iv) Importer Name & Address and customer care number

v) Quantity of Product in Standardized Quantity Units

vi)  Country of Origin

The prepackaged goods can be labelled from port of shipment or can be labelled in India.

When goods are to be labelled in India, the request for the labelling should be esanchit alongwith the other documents giving the MRP list, else it can as a violation of re-44 by the examining officer. Even request prior to goods registration can be considered as compliance.

Exemption----Industrial or Institutional consumers buying in bulk and not in retail quantities are exempt from labelling of MRP on the packages.