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This Order shall come into force on the 1st day of November, 1999. 70 MADE by the Minister of Industry and Commerce this 1st day of October, 1999. (JOSE COYE) Minister of Industry & Commerce 71 SCHEDULE [Paragraph 2] BELIZE NATIONAL STANDARD BZS1: Part 1: 1998 BELIZE NATIONAL STANDARDS SPECIFICATION FOR LABELLING PART 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES BBS BELIZE BUREAU OF STANDARDS #53 Regent Street Belize City, Belize CENTRAL AMERICA June 1998 72 Standards BZS1: Part 1:1998 IMPORTANT NOTICE Belize Standards are subject to periodic review; and revisions will be published from time to time. If you wish to be notified of the next revision complete and return this label to: BELIZE BUREAU OF STANDARDS, #53 REGENT STREET, P.O. BOX 1647, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, C.A. DETACH HERE ------------------------------------------------------------------------- THIS IS YOUR MAILING LABEL. PLEASE PRINT CLEARLY IN INK OR TYPE FULL ADDRESS BZS STANDARD Organization: Individual: Title or Department: Address: Standards 73 BZS1: Part 1:1998 CONTENTS Section Page 0 FOREWORD 74 1 SCOPE 75 2 DEFINITIONS 75 3 REQUIREMENTS 76 4 SUPPLEMENTARY STANDARDS 77 5 ADVICE ON LABELS 77 6 CONFLICT 77 74 Standards BZS1: Part 1:1998 BELIZE NATIONAL STANDARDS SPECIFICATION FOR LABELLING PART 1: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 0 FOREWORD 0.1 This standard has been prepared to guide manufacturers and importers on the labelling considered necessary to give adequate information to purchasers for assessing the usefulness of goods. 0.2 These general principles may be used in preparing labels for goods of all kinds, and will be applied by the Bureau in other standards that will be prepared. 0.3 In the interest of harmonization of standards in the Caribbean Community, this standard is based on the followingBNS 5: Part 1: 1974 - Standards Specification for Labelling of Commodities (General) Barbados National Standards Institute; JS 1: Part 1: 1992 - - Specification for the Labelling of Commodities Part 1: General Principles Jamaica Bureau of Standards; TTS 21 10 500: Part 1: 1976 - Requirements for Labelling Part 1: General Principles Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards. 0.4 The labelling of other types or classes of goods is covered by other parts of this standard. Standards 75 0.5 Standards for particular goods may also contain requirements for labelling. 1. SCOPE 1.1 This standard describes general labelling requirements for goods. It is applicable to all goods which are customarily labelled in the course of trade, except where more specific requirements are prescribed elsewhere. 2. DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this standard the following definitions shall apply: 2.1 Country of Origin means the country where the nature or quality of goods was last changed to a significant extent, other than by packaging. 2.2 Goods means any commodity, article, product or thing which is the subject of trade or commerce. 2.3 Label means any brand, design, imprint, legend, mark, pictorial, symbol, tag, word or other descriptive matter, written, printed, stencilled, marked, embossed on or impressed on, attached to or affixed to, sold with, distributed with any goods. 2.4 Legible means the writing which can be read and understood without difficulty under the conditions in which the label is normally displayed to the consumer. 2.5 Manufacturer means the persons who manufactures, produces, processes, prepares, packages or pre-packages any goods for retail sale or the person who sells any goods under a trade name controlled by that person. It also includes the importer. 76 Standards 2.6 Sell means to offer, expose, have in possession for sale or display in such a manner as to lead to a reasonable belief that the goods are intended for sale. 2.7 Weight shall be interpreted as meaning the same as the term Mass in Physics. 3. REQUIREMENTS 3.1 A label affixed to, or marked on any goods or its external packing or referring to any goods shall conform with the following requirements3.1.1 It shall give a description of a good and shall provide adequate information to a potential purchaser enabling him to select the goods best suited to his needs. This information shall include the weight, volume, measurements, specification or size as applicable and shall give such accurate description of components of the goods as is necessary. 3.1.2 It shall, if necessary, provide a purchaser with appropriate operating instructions and with information on care, maintenance and precautions in use. 3.1.3 It shall provide the name and postal address of the principal place of business of the manufacturer or packager of the goods enabling the manufacturer or supplier to be traced and shall state the country of manufacture or origin. 3.1.4 It shall be legible and durable up to the point of sale, and where appropriate, during normal working life and use. 3.1.5 It shall not give false erroneous information to the identity of the producer or manufacturer. Note: The required information may be placed on one or more labels, or included on a card or leaflet, depending on Standards 77 the area available, the nature of the goods and the amount of information required. 3.1.6 It is the responsibility of any person who sells or distributes any goods to see that they are labelled as required by this standard. 3.1.7 The information to be included on the label of every container shall be in the English Language, clearly and prominently displayed, and readily legible under customary conditions of purchase and use. Information presented in other language shall be clearly separated from that in English. 4. SUPPLEMENTARY STANDARDS 4.1 Supplementary standards on the labelling of particular goods, groups of goods, or classes of goods will be declared as other parts of this standard. Note: Some of these parts may be declared as compulsory standards. 5. ADVICE ON LABELS 5.1 The Belize Bureau of Standards shall approve labels as conforming to the requirements of this or to a particular supplementary standard, or to the provisions of any standard referring to the labelling or marking of any particular goods. 6. CONFLICT 6.1 In the event of conflict between this standard and a supplementary standard the latter shall prevail. 6.2 In the event of conflict between the provisions of this standard and the provision of any Belize Standard referring to the labelling or marking of particular goods, the latter shall prevail.