India-Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Fourth Amendment Rules, 2026

G.S.R. 826(E) makes two changes to Rule 6 of the “Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011”: 1.Deletion of the original Rule 6(8): i.e., the provision that, since 2014, mandatorily required every package of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, other cosmetics and toiletries to bear a vegetarian/non-vegetarian mark at the top of the principal display panel. After deletion, the original provision no longer has mandatory force. 2.Addition of Rule 6(4A)(d): a new clause (d) is added under sub-rule (4A), retaining the substance of the original (8) at the same position and with the same colour rules — “in the case of soap, shampoo, toothpaste, other cosmetics and toiletries, a red or, as the case may be, a brown dot for products of non-vegetarian origin and a green dot for products of vegetarian origin, at the top of the principal display panel”.