Section 77April 13, 1992, Sec./Art. 77

Minimum Labeling Requirements for Consumer Products. – All consumer products domestically sold whether manufactured locally or imported shall indicate the following in their respective labels of packaging:

a) its correct and registered trade name or brand name;

b) its duly registered trademark;

c) its duly registered business name;

d) the address of the manufacturer, importer, repacker of the consumer product in the Philippines;

e) its general make or active ingredients;

f) the net quality of contents, in terms of weight, measure or numerical count rounded of to at least the nearest tenths in the metric system;

g) country of manufacture, if imported; and

h) if a consumer product is manufactured, refilled or repacked under license from a principal, the label shall so state the fact.

The following may be required by the concerned department in accordance with the rules and regulations they will promulgate under authority of this Act:

a) whether it is flammable or inflammable;

b) directions for use, if necessary;

c) warning of toxicity;

d) wattage, voltage or amperes; or

e) process of manufacture used if necessary.

Any word, statement or other information required by or under authority of the preceding paragraph shall appear on the label or labeling with such conspicuousness as compared with other words, statements, designs or devices therein, and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase or use.

The above requirements shall form an integral part of the label without danger of being erased or detached under ordinary handling of the product.