Legal Metrology

Legal Metrology

The Department of Legal Metrology is a regulatory Department. It is responsible for maintaining uniformity and accuracy in all weights and measures, weighing and measuring Instruments used by traders in all hats, markets and trading centers in the State. The main functions of the Department is to implement the provisions of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, the Legal Metrology (General) Rules, 2011, the Legal Metrology (Enforcement) Rules, 2011 and the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.

Topics:-

1) Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 

• What all comes under legal metrology
• Why this license is taken and who needs to take this license
• Latest amendments 
• Penalties for non-compliance

2) Food Business

• Retail Pack
• Wholesale Pack

3) Household Insecticide

4) Drugs and Cosmetics 

5) Q&A

Vikram Raj is enrolled as a member of the Bar Council of Karnataka and is instrumental in heading food and non- food retail regulatory, product liability, intellectual property rights and consumer litigation practice of Farm to Fork. Vikram is an experienced inhouse legal counsel with 16 years of experience and was recognized as General Counsel (Retail Category) by Indian National Bar Association in General Counsel Summit 2018.

His practice focus is on advising on areas of Legal Metrology Act and Rules, Food laws, Consumer Protection, Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), Brand Protection and Combating Unfair Competition due to counterfeits. Vikram advises clients on approval of product packaging artworks, drafting and finalizing commercial contracts, adjudication in Food and Drug Administration and Trademark enforcement actions. Before Farm to Fork, Vikram has worked in Nishith Desai Associates, Godrej, Wipro, Marico and D Mart (Avenue Supermarts Ltd).