All manufacturers have to implement Standards of Weights and Measures Act 1976 for packaging decisions. Some of the important terms in packaging are drained weight, multi-piece package, principal display panel, retail package among others.

1. Chapter 13
• Packaging Rules In the Context Of
Distribution

2. Rules
• Standards of weights and Measures Act
1976
• Standards of weights & measures
(packaged commodities) rules 1977
• The act defines what constitutes
commodities in packaged from
• All units of weight or measure are to be
based on metric system
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3. For Commodity package
• Label should contain
• The identity of the commodity in the
package
• Net quantity
• Accurate numbers
• Unit sale price
• Sale price of the package
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4. Important terms
• A “combination package” means a
packages intended for retail sale
containing tow or more individual
packages, or individual pieces, of
dissimilar commodities. E.g. a package
containing dissimilar commodities such as
spoons, forks, cups etc
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5. Drained Weight
• In relation to a solid commodity contained
in a free flowing liquid, means the weight
of such solid commodity after the liquid
has been drained for a period of two
minutes
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6. Group Package
• A package intended for retail sale
containing two or more individual
packages or individual pieces of similar
but not identical commodities e.g. biscuits
or sponges
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7. Multi piece package
• A package containing two or more
individually packaged or labeled pieces of
the same commodity of identical quantity,
intended for retail sale, 5 soap of 100 gm
in a multi-peace pack of 500 gm
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8. Principal Display Panel
• A package means the total surface area of
the package where the information
required under the rules are to be given
• Rule specifies what should be the area,
size, and letterings including minimum
height of numerals and their width which
should be followed
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9. Retail Package
• A package containing any commodity
which is produced, distributed, delivered,
or stored for sales through retail sales
agencies or other instrumentalities for
consumption by an individual or a group of
individual
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10. Wholesale Package
• Not intended for sale direct to a single
consumer
• Commodity sold to an intermediary in bulk
• Package containing ten or more than ten
retail packages
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11. Rules for declaration on
packages
• Name& address of the manufacturer
• Common or generic name
• Net quantity in terms of the standard unit
of weight or measure
• The retail sale price
• Any other matters that may be specified by
the rules
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12. Summary
• Standards of weights and Measures Act
1976 is to be implemented for packaging
decisions
• Important terms are combination package,
drained weight, multi peace package,
principal display panel, retail package etc.
Ch-13 Packaging Rules In the Context Of Distribution