The Manufacturer and packer of packaged commodities are defined in the ‘The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011’ as,
“manufacturer” in relation to any commodity in packaged form, means a person who or a firm which produces, makes or manufactures such commodity and includes a person or firm which puts, or causes to be put, any mark on any packaged commodity, not produced, made or manufactured by him or it, and the mark claims the commodity in the package to be commodity produced, made or manufactured by such person, firm as the case may be;
“packer” means a person who, or a firm which pre-packs any commodity, whether in any bottle, tin, wrapper or otherwise, in units suitable for sale whether wholesale or retail;
Rule 27, rule 28, rule 29 of the ‘The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules 2011’ propounds on registration,
27. Registration of manufacturers, packers and importers.-
(1) Every individual, firm, Hindu undivided family, society, company or corporation who or which pre-packs or imports any commodity for sale, distribution or delivery shall make an application, accompanied by a fee of rupees five hundred, to the Director or the Controller for the registration of his or its name and complete address; and every such application shall be made,-
(i) in the case of an applicant pre-packing or importing any commodity on the date of commencement of these rules, within a period of ninety days from such commencement; or
(ii) in the case of any applicant who or which commences pre-packing or importing of any commodity after the commencement of these rules, within ninety days from the date on which he or it commences such pre-packing.
(2) Every application referred in sub-rule (1) shall contain the following particulars, namely:-
(a) the name of the applicant;
(b) the complete address of the premises at which the pre-packing or import of one or more commodities is made by the applicant; and
(c) the name of the commodity or commodities pre-packed or imported by the applicant.
Explanation: In this sub-rule, ‘complete address’ has the meaning assigned to it in the explanation to sub-rule (1) of rule 10.’
(3) For making any alteration in the registration certificate issued under sub rule (1), a fee of rupees one hundred shall be paid by the concerned manufacturer or packer or importer to the Director or Controller.
(4) On receipt of the application made under sub-rule (1), the Director or Controller, who shall be the Registering Authority, shall-
(a) if the application is not complete in all respects, return the same to the applicant within a period of seven working days from the date of receipt of the application;
(b) if the application is complete in all respects, register the applicant and grant a registration certificate to the applicant to that effect.
28. Registration of shorter address permissible.-
(1) It shall be lawful for any manufacturer or packer to make an application to the Director or the Controller for the registration of a shorter address, in addition to the complete address referred to in sub-rule (2) of rule 27.
(2) The Director or the Controller may, if he is satisfied after inquiry that the shorter address is sufficient to enable the consumer or any other person to identify the manufacturer or the packer, register such shorter address.
(3) Where a shorter address is registered by the Director or the Controller, it shall be lawful for the manufacturer or packer to state such shorter address on the label of each commodity pre-packed by him or it.
29. Registration of manufacturers and packers, etc.-
(1) The Director or the Controller shall enter in a register, to be maintained by him for the purpose, the name and complete address of each manufacturer or packer by whom application for such registration has been made to him under rule 27.
(2)The register referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be open to the inspection of the public without payment of any fee.
30. Compilation of lists of manufacturers or packers and their circulation.
The Director/ Controller shall compile a State-wise list of the manufacturers and packers registered by him under rule 29 and shall circulate such list to the Controller of the concerned State to enable the Controller to take, or cause to be taken, samples at the premises of the manufacturer or, where the manufacturer is not the packer, of the packer.