The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on August 30, 2022, issued 63 show cause notices to the manufacturers/importers of the weighing and measuring instruments for seeking details of compliance. The notices were issued to manufacturers/ importers/ sellers on e-commerce platforms, seeking details of the approval of the model, manufacturing/importer/dealer license, and verification of weighing scales.
The manufacturers/importers of the weighing & measuring instruments are selling the Person Weighing Machines & Kitchen Scales and are selling them on e-commerce platforms without complying with the provisions of Law.
The manufacturers/importers of the weighing & measuring instrument are required to get the approval of the model (Section 22) of their weighing & measuring instrument, manufacturing license (Section 23)/ importer registration (Section 19), and verification/stamping of weighing & measuring instrument (Section 24) and under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 and need to comply the provisions (Rule 6) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011.
Violation of these provisions of the Legal Metrology Act is punishable under Section 32, Section 45, Section 38, Section 33, and Section 36 with a fine or imprisonment, or with both.
[Release ID: 1855387]
