Amendment to the Regulation on Jewellery Trade
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Jewellery businesses must clearly label lab-grown or artificially created precious stones when offering them for sale. Labels, certificates, invoices, websites, ads, and promotional materials must use clear wording such as “synthetic,” “lab-grown,” or “artificially produced” in a way consumers can easily see. The rule also requires sellers to keep these products separate from natural precious stones in shop windows, sales areas, and online categories. Jewellery retailers should review product displays, e-commerce listings, invoices, certificates, and marketing materials immediately, because the amendment takes effect on publication.
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Key Changes
- Requires clear disclosure for lab-grown or artificially created precious stone products
- Disclosure must appear visibly on labels, certificates, invoices, websites, advertisements, and promotional materials
- Requires synthetic or lab-grown stones to be displayed and categorized separately from natural precious stones
Obligations
What this law requires
Jewellery businesses must not offer for sale precious stone products produced in a laboratory or created through human intervention unless at least one clear descriptor such as “synthetic,” “lab-grown,” “artificially produced,” or another Ministry-approved equivalent appears on the product label, product certificate, invoice, website, advertisements, and promotional materials in a way consumers can easily see.
Jewellery businesses must present lab-grown or artificially created precious stone products separately from natural precious stones in shop windows and physical sales areas so that consumers are not misled.
Jewellery businesses selling online must list lab-grown or artificially created precious stone products in separate online categories from natural precious stones so that consumers are not misled.