The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, (MoAFW) on March 24, 2023, published the Insecticides (Second Amendment) Rules, 2023 to further amend the Insecticides Rules, 1971
This shall come into force on March 24, 2023
The following has been stated namely: -
• In Rule 19 which states “Manner of labeling” in sub-rule (1)
(a) in clause (i), -
(i) the words “unless stated otherwise” shall be omitted.
(ii) in sub-clause (a), for the bracket and words “(The Brand name shall not be of bigger size than 1.5 times size of the common name)” the words “Equal prominence shall be given to the Brand name and Common name” shall be substituted.
(iii) in sub-clause (w), after the first proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted:
“Provided that QR Code shall be placed on the retail pack (Primary or Secondary pack as the case may be) at a suitable place where on scanning the QR code by scanning equipment like mobile phone, a web link or link for opening the URL of the Manufacturing company will appear, which on pressing or clicking, will take the user to the entire unique information of label and leaflet and the QR code shall contain at least the following information:
(a) Unique Identifier or GTIN;
(b) Batch Number;
(c) Date of Manufacturing;
(d) Date of Expiry;
(e) Web link or URL.
(iv) in Note II, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“provided that the size of pictograms shall be half-square centimeter (0.5 cm x 0.5 cm) in respect of labels of ultra-small packs only”.
(b) in clause (ii), the word “unless stated otherwise” shall be omitted.
(c) in clause (iii), in sub-clause (a), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: -
“Provided that for ultra-small packs, multiple primary packs may be packed in one secondary pack and the manufacturer shall ensure leaflet and QR code be securely attached with each primary pack before packing them in one secondary pack.”
Disclaimer: refer to the document to view further amendments in detail
[Notification No. G.S.R. 211(E)]
