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.
Article 78. Philippine Product Standard Mark. – The label may contain the Philippine Product Standard Mark if it is certified to have passed the
consumer product standard prescribed by the concerned department.
Article 79. Authority of the Concerned Department to Provide for Additional Labeling and Packaging Requirements. – Whenever the
concerned department determines that regulations containing requirements other than those prescribed in Article 77 hereof are necessary to
prevent the deception of the consumer or to facilitate value comparisons as to any consumer product, it may issue such rules and regulations to:
a) establish and define standards for characterization of the size of a package enclosing any consumer product which may
be used to supplement the label statement of net quality, of contents of packages containing such products but this clause
shall not be construed as authorizing any limitation on the size, shape, weight, dimensions, or number of packages which
may be used to enclose any product;
b) regulate the placement upon any package containing any product or upon any label affixed to such product of any
printed matter stating or representing by implication that such product is offered for retail at a price lower than the ordinary
and customary retail price or that a price advantage is accorded to purchases thereof by reason of the size of the package
or the quantity of its contents;
c) prevent the nonfunctional slack-fill of packages containing consumer products.
For purposes of paragraph (c) of this Article, a package shall be deemed to be nonfunctionally slack-filled if it is filled to substantially less than its
capacity for reasons other than (1) protection of the contents of such package, (2) the requirements of machines used for enclosing the contents in
such package, or (3) inherent characteristics of package materials or construction being used.
Article 80. Special Packaging of Consumer Products for the Protection of Children. – The concerned department may establish standards
for the special packaging of any consumer product if it finds that:
a) the degree or nature of the hazard to children in the availability of such product, by reason of its packaging, is such that
special packaging is required to protect children from serious personal injury or serious illness resulting from handling and
use of such product; and
b) the special packaging to be required by such standard is technically feasible, practicable and appropriate for such
product. In establishing a standard under this Article, the concerned department shall consider:
1) the reasonableness of such standard;
2) available scientific, medical and engineering data concerning special packaging and concerning accidental,
ingestions, illnesses and injuries caused by consumer product;
3) the manufacturing practices of industries affected by this Article; and
4) the nature and use of consumer products.
Article 81. Price Tag Requirement. – It shall be unlawful to offer any consumer product for retail sale to the public without an appropriate price
tag, label or marking publicly displayed to indicate the price of each article and said products shall not be sold at a price higher than that stated
therein and without discrimination to all buyers: Provided, That lumber sold, displayed or offered for sale to the public shall be tagged or labeled by
indicating thereon the price and the corresponding official name of the wood: Provided, further, That if consumer products for sale are too small or
the nature of which makes it impractical to place a price tag thereon price list placed at the nearest point where the products are displayed
indicating the retail price of the same may suffice.
Article 82. Manner of Placing Price Tags. – Price tags, labels or markings must be written clearly, indicating the price of the consumer product
per unit in pesos and centavos.
Article 83. Regulations for Price Tag Placement. – The concerned department shall prescribe rules and regulations for the visible placement of
price tags for specific consumer products and services. There shall be no erasures or alterations of any sort of price tags, labels or markings.
Article 84. Additional Labeling Requirements for Food. – The following additional labeling requirements shall be imposed by the concerned
department for food:
a) expiry or expiration date, where applicable;
b) whether the consumer product is semi-processed, fully processed, ready-to-cook, ready-to-eat, prepared food or just
plain mixture;
c) nutritive value, if any;
d) whether the ingredients use are natural or synthetic, as the case may be;
e) such other labeling requirements as the concerned department may deem necessary and reasonable.
Article 85. Mislabeled Food. – A food shall also be deemed mislabeled: