19 daily use items to be sold in standard packs from today

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As many as 19 items of daily use including baby food, bread, biscuits, tea, edible oils, coffee, non-soapy detergents, wheat flour, toilet soaps, mineral water and cements will have to mandatorily sold in specified standardized packages from today, as per an order issued by the central government.

The order has been issued following an amendment to the Legal Meteorological (packaged commodities)  Rules, 2011 in June this year by the department of consumer affairs.

As per the amendments, selling the specified 19 items of daily use in loose forms or non-standarsied packages will be illegal from November 1, 2012. (see chart)

Serial Number	Commodities
1	Baby food
2	Weaning Food
3	Biscuits
4	Bread including brown bread, but buns are excluded
5	Uncanned packages of butter & margarine
6	Cereals & pulses
7	Coffee
8	Tea
9	Materials which may constitute as beverages
10	Edible oils, vanaspati, ghee & butter oil
11	Milk Powder
12	Non-soapy detergent powder
13	Rice (powdered), flour, atta, rawa & suji
14	Salt
15	Soaps (a) laundry soaps (b) non-soapy detergent cakes (c) toilet soaps including all kinds of bath soaps
16	Aerated soft drinks, non alcoholic beverages
17	Mineral weater, drinking water
18	Cement in bags
19	Paints, varnish, etc

Source: Department of Consumer Affairs

According to a statement issued by the department of consumer affairs,  non-standard packs which have already been manufactured and are ready for sale in different retail outlets across the country before October 31, 2012 will be exempted from the official order. “All states and union territories have been asked to ensure strict compliance with the official order,” the statement said.