Electronic Goods
Govt allows makers of electronic goods to make mandatory declarations using QR Code on package
New Delhi: The government has allowed the manufacturers of electronic products to make certain mandatory declarations through QR Code for a period of one year, if not declared in the package itself, the Department of Consumer Affairs said Saturday.
The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), (Second Amendment) Rules 2022 will allow the industry to declare the elaborated information in digital form through the QR Code.
It will allow important declarations to be made effectively on the label in the package while the other descriptive information can be conveyed to the consumer through the QR Code.
The change has been introduced to enable greater use of technology in this digital era for making the mandatory declaration through the QR Code, the ministry said.
"The QR code can be scanned to view the declarations like the address of the manufacturer or packer or importer, the common or generic name of the commodity, the size and dimension of the commodity& customer care details except the telephone number & e-mail address," the ministry added.
Earlier, all the prepackaged commodities including the electronic products are required to declare all the mandatory declarations as per the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011 on the package.
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