been promulgated by the Government of India. These certificates specifically pertain to food products. A consumer should look for AGMARK seal before purchasing any agricultural product as it ensures product reliability. FPO lays down statuary minimum standards in respect of quality of various fruits and vegetable products, and processing facilities.
FPO also lays limits on metallic contaminants and preservatives for different fruit products. Wool-mark: Wool-mark is the standard mark of quality of the International Wool Secretariat for wool or woolen garments. It indicates that the wool is pure and the marked garment is not made of other fibers but only pure wool. The Silk Mark: is a quality assurance label for the assurance of pure silk and in addition serves as a brand for generic promotion of pure silk.
Silk Mark ensures ‘ % natural silk’. Hallmark: It indicates that the precious metals such as platinum, silver and gold articles have been evaluated and tested at an official Assaying and Hallmarking Centre and they have certified that the metal used conforms to the national/ international standard of fineness/purity. Ecomark Scheme: BIS operates the Ecomark scheme for labeling of household consumer products such as soaps and detergents, paper, packaging material, plastic products, etc. The logo for Ecomark scheme Fig.
. : ISI mark Woolmark Silk mark Agmark FPO mark Fig. . : BSI Hallmark Fig.
. : Standardisation marks is an earthern pot which signifies that this product is environment friendly and does not produce any hazardous waste, is biodegradable and can be recycled. FSSAI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act . This lays down science based standards for articles of food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution and sale to ensure the availability of same for human consumption.
Apart from statutory, semi-government and non-government bodies looking after consumer interests like Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and Directorate of Marketing and Inspection (DMI), Government of India, there are Protection Councils set up by the government at central and state levels. Non-governmental organisations (NGO’s)/voluntary consumer organisations play an important role in consumer