Industry solution
Labelling, EPR and dark patterns, per state and per SKU
- 3,700+
- consumer sector obligations
- Per-outlet
- licence and renewal tracking
- Per-SKU
- labelling applicability mapping
Sector pressures
What makes fmcg & retail compliance hard
Labelling enforcement is state-level
Legal Metrology and FSSAI are enforced by state officers who inspect locally. A pack cleared in one state is challenged in another, and there is no central determination.
EPR shortfall is priced
Plastic packaging EPR targets are category-wise with environmental compensation per tonne of shortfall — a calculable liability most brands do not calculate.
Dark patterns reach the product backlog
Thirteen prohibited patterns apply to design decisions shipped weekly. Compliance has to sit in design review, not legal review.
Store and warehouse licence sprawl
Every outlet carries trade licence, shops registration, fire NOC, weights and measures verification and, for food, an FSSAI licence — multiplied by hundreds of locations.
Coverage
Key instruments we track in depth for this sector
A representative sample, not the full list. Depth varies by jurisdiction and we will tell you exactly where it sits for your markets before you buy.
| Instrument | Jurisdiction | What it drives |
|---|---|---|
| FSS Act, 2006 and Regulations | Central + State | Licensing per premises, labelling, hygiene, recall |
| Legal Metrology Act, 2009 | Central + State | Pack declarations, state registration, e-commerce listings |
| Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 | Central | EPR registration, category targets, annual return |
| Consumer Protection Act, 2019 | Central | Product liability, misleading advertisement, endorser liability |
| E-Commerce Rules, 2020 | Central | Seller disclosure, country of origin, grievance officer |
| CCPA Dark Patterns Guidelines, 2023 | Central | Thirteen prohibited interface patterns |
| Shops & Establishments Acts | State | Per-outlet registration and working hour rules |
Use cases
How teams in this sector use Regulens
SKU-level labelling compliance
Map declaration requirements to each SKU and pack size, with state-specific enforcement positions recorded.
Outlet licence register
Every store and warehouse with its licence set, expiry and renewal owner — the first complete inventory usually finds expired licences.
EPR liability forecasting
Compute category-wise shortfall exposure in advance of the annual return rather than discovering it in the compensation notice.
Design-stage dark patterns review
Deliver the thirteen prohibited patterns to product teams as checks in the design and release process.
“We had four hundred outlets and no single list of what licence each one held. Building that list was the whole value in year one; everything else was a bonus.”
Other sectors
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See it scoped to a fmcg & retail footprint
We configure your legal entities, licences and jurisdictions and run live intelligence for two weeks. You compare it against what your team actually caught in the same period.