How LabelCheck works
A five-stage pipeline built so every verdict can be traced back to a statutory clause and to the exact text that triggered it.
Image
Photo of the principal display panel, from any phone.
Text extraction
A vision model transcribes every printed line server-side; credentials never reach the browser.
Rule engine
Modular detectors: regex for MRP, dates, quantities, e-mail and phone, plus address heuristics.
Confidence scoring
Pattern strength blended with capture legibility gives a 0-100% score per declaration.
Compliance report
Verdict, per-field values, citations and raw text — logged for audit.
The seven mandatory declarations
Each declaration is a self-contained detector in the rule engine. Adding a new rule — say the FSSAI licence number or a "best before" date — is one object in the rules array.
Manufacturer / Packer / Importer
The name and complete address of the manufacturer, packer or importer must appear on the principal display panel. For imported goods, the importer's name and address is mandatory.
Common / Generic name of commodity
The common or generic name of the commodity contained in the package must be declared — a brand name alone is not sufficient.
Net quantity
Net quantity must be declared in standard units — gram (g), kilogram (kg), millilitre (ml), litre (L) — or by number (N/U) for countable articles, excluding the weight of the wrapper.
Month & year of manufacture / packing
The month and year in which the commodity was manufactured, pre-packed or imported must be declared. The day is optional; the month and year are not.
Retail sale price (MRP, inclusive of all taxes)
The retail sale price must be declared as 'Maximum Retail Price ₹ … inclusive of all taxes'. The price shown must be the all-inclusive price a consumer pays.
Consumer care details
The name, address, telephone number and e-mail address (where available) of the person who can be contacted for consumer complaints must be declared.
Country of origin
The country of origin or manufacture or assembly must be declared on the package. It is mandatory for imported packages and for goods offered for sale through e-commerce.
Legal basis
The Legal Metrology Act, 2009 establishes the national standards of weights and measures and empowers the Central Government to regulate pre-packaged commodities. The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 operate under that Act; Rule 6 — Declarations to be made on every package lists the declarations that must appear on every retail package. Chapter II further governs the manner of declaration — the size, prominence and placement of the text on the principal display panel.
LabelCheck reports the presence and content of each declaration and cites the clause it derives from. It is a decision-support tool for inspectors, manufacturers and marketplaces — the statutory determination remains with the Legal Metrology officer.
Roadmap
Bulk & batch mode
Upload a folder of label images — or a full product catalogue — and get a consolidated compliance sheet with per-SKU violations, exportable as CSV for enforcement drives.
E-commerce scanning
Point LabelCheck at a marketplace listing URL to verify the mandatory declarations that Rule 6 requires online sellers to display, at catalogue scale.
Regional languages
Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Gujarati label transcription, with script-aware detectors for quantity and price declarations.