A) Agricultural commodities: The agriculture produces grading and making act 1937. This act provides for grading and marking of agriculture commodities. The act authorizes the central government to frame rules relating to fixing of grades standards and the procedure to be adopted for grading the agriculture commodities included in the schedule. This act was amended in 1986. The amended act seeks to review the provisions of the act strengthen the same with a view to promoting and protecting the interest of the consumer and makes the penal provisions of the act more deterrent.
b) For manufactured commodities: The Indian Standards Institutions (Certification Marks) Act, 1952
Manufacture products are graded in accordance with the standards laid down by the Indian Standards Institutions established under the act and graded products bear the ISI label. The name of the Indian Standards Institution has been changed to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act 1986. The scope of the activity has been enlarged with greater trust to consumer protection improving the quality of Indian products and providing of larger networks of testing and consultancy services.
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