Need Legal Metrology action
The officials of legal metrology please visit hospitals in your city as suggested by other members and ensure that MRP compliance is there. Please keep us posted on this. You need to be more communicative than you are.
Compliance under LM Rules, 2017
The new metrology rules make it mandatory for e-commerce entities to specify the following details on the package:
Name and address of manufacturer/packer/importer;
Name of the country of origin/manufacture;
Common/generic names of the commodity;
Net quantity and dimensions of the product;
Expiry date or “Best Before” or “Use by Date”; and,
MRP inclusive of all taxes (as illustrated in the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2017. Only one MRP must be displayed.
Besides these compulsory requirements, the seller may also display barcode or QR Code or GTIN (Global Trade Item Number), “e-code”, and logos of government schemes – if authorized by the federal government.
Medical devices, which are also classified as ‘drugs’ will now come under the purview of the LM Act via the Amendment Rules.
Notified Medical Devices: Applicability of LM Rules, 2017
The amended Legal Metrology Rules will apply to 15 categories of medical devices. These medical devices will have to carry labels that will display the following particulars:
Maximum Retail Price (MRP);
Common or generic name of the commodity;
Month and year of manufacture and packing;
Contact details (phone, email, and address) for consumer feedback;
Country of origin or manufacture;
Actual corporate name and complete address of domestic manufacturer or importer or packer (for retail and wholesale);
Net quantity in standard measure or numbers (for wholesale products only); and,
Identity of commodity (for wholesale products only).
For medical devices, which are usually packaged in multiple layers for quality purposes, the declaration labels can appear on the outer package only, and need not be repeated on interior layers.
The manufacturer, packer, or importer of Notified Medical Devices must register themselves under the relevant regulatory authority, as prescribed by the 2017 LM Rules. A price revision brought about by a change in tax rules must be conveyed to the public, distributors, and relevant regulatory authority. more
Compliance under LM Rules, 2017
The new metrology rules make it mandatory for e-commerce entities to specify the following details on the package:
Name and address of manufacturer/packer/importer;
Name of the country of origin/manufacture;
Common/generic names of the commodity;
Net quantity and dimensions of the product;
Expiry date or “Best Before” or “Use by Date”; and,
MRP inclusive of all taxes (as illustrated in the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2017. Only one MRP must be displayed.
Besides these compulsory requirements, the seller may also display barcode or QR Code or GTIN (Global Trade Item Number), “e-code”, and logos of government schemes – if authorized by the federal government.
Medical devices, which are also classified as ‘drugs’ will now come under the purview of the LM Act via the Amendment Rules.
Notified Medical Devices: Applicability of LM Rules, 2017
The amended Legal Metrology Rules will apply to 15 categories of medical devices. These medical devices will have to carry labels that will display the following particulars:
Maximum Retail Price (MRP);
Common or generic name of the commodity;
Month and year of manufacture and packing;
Contact details (phone, email, and address) for consumer feedback;
Country of origin or manufacture;
Actual corporate name and complete address of domestic manufacturer or importer or packer (for retail and wholesale);
Net quantity in standard measure or numbers (for wholesale products only); and,
Identity of commodity (for wholesale products only).
For medical devices, which are usually packaged in multiple layers for quality purposes, the declaration labels can appear on the outer package only, and need not be repeated on interior layers.
The manufacturer, packer, or importer of Notified Medical Devices must register themselves under the relevant regulatory authority, as prescribed by the 2017 LM Rules. A price revision brought about by a change in tax rules must be conveyed to the public, distributors, and relevant regulatory authority. more
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In compliance of ML Rules 2017, are the required details of the commodities to be specified on the relative packages by the eCommerce entities or the manufacturers themselves? In my opinion, these particulars can be and should be specified only by the manufacturers. Only in respect of the imported items, the MRPs should be calculated and specified on the packages by the importers themselves after taking into account all the incidental charges and as per the stipulations made in the said rules, as the countries of origin may not have the stipulations of mentioning MRPs on their products like in India. more
May 23
SOME MEDICINES ARE DIRECTLY SUPPLIED TO HOSPITALS, SOME ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT STORES OUT SIDE HOSPITAL. ITS KNOWINGLY DONE. CHARGE AS THEY LIKE IN FINAL DISCHARGE BILL.NO OPTION EXCEPT PAYMENT. FIXED TESTS TO BE CONDUCTED TO INCREASE HOSPITAL INCOME.U CANT ASK.AND PAY FOR THEM. THEY DONT BELIEVE YOUR PREVIOUS REPORT OF OTHER HOSPITAL, EVEN 8 HOURS BEFORE. AND ONE PAYS. more
May 23
Sarita S's appeal is very well directed and the same also echoes the plea of very many people who undergo various processes of healing. Yesterday while passing by AIIMS ( All India Institute of Medical Science) here in Delhi, my vision was drawn to their LED Advertisement which informed that AIIMS treats nearly 3.3 billion patients every year. Isn't that amazing? Besides AIIMS - Delhi has a dozen Government Hospitals and lot of Private Polyclinics and Hospitals as well...I had to stop & pause to reflect that with so many medical facilities...is there something wrong with our nation that people still have to queue up for medical services? more
May 22
