Udhampur: Acting on a complaint, Enforcement squad of Legal Metrology Department, Udhampur Thursday conducted an extensive inspection of various trading premises dealing with the food items on the National highway in the district here Thursday.
The inspection team headed by Assistant Controller Legal Metrology Udhampur and comprising Inspector LMD and other staff inspected more than 20 traders of different business establishments especially dealing with food, Beverages, Sweets and Kiryana ite
During the inspection, six erring traders were booked under various provisions of J&K Weights and Measures Enforcement Act 2011 and Legal Metrology Packages Commodities rules 2011 and a penalty of Rs 25800 was also imposed on them.
The Department directed all the traders to use only verified Weights and Measures for Business transactions and ensure the mandatory declarations of MRP, PKD, Net Contents and complete address and Customer care Number on the Commodities to be sold in package form.