Centre, through Department of Legal Metrology has 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 model, manufacturing/importer/dealer license and verification
of weighing scales.
It has been observed that some manufacturers/importers of the
weighing & measuring instruments are selling the Person Weighing Machines
& Kitchen Scales etc on the e-commerce platforms without complying with the
provisions of Law.Such unauthorized
sales on e-commerce sites have not only created deficiency in service to the
consumer but have also caused revenue loss to the Government.
To protect and safeguard the interest of consumers, the
manufacturers/importers of the weighing & measuring instrument are required
to get the approval of 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) under the Legal Metrology Act, 2009.
Further the declarations on the pre package/e commerce platform
of the weighing & measuring instrument need to comply the provisions (Rule
6) of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities), Rules 2011.