Step 5: label your product

• The label must be legible and visible to the unaided eye.
• The label may be in any colour, as long as it is visible. This might be through contrast with the background colour or marking in relief (for example, moulding or engraving).
• The label must be no smaller than 3 millimetres in height.
• If you are using a QR code as a compliance label, the QR code must link to a website that displays the RCM prominently.

• The label should be a permanent feature on your product.
• You must apply the label to a surface of your product that is easily accessible.
• You can apply the label by any suitable means (for example, printing, painting, moulding, etching or engraving).
• The label should be durable, meaning not likely to fall off, be washed off or fade. 

If a product has a built-in display, you may show it electronically rather than on the surface of your product. (Displays that connect to the product, but are external, are not built-in.)

Your product instructions for the consumer must explain how they can view the electronic label. For example:

• during the product’s power up sequence
• under the product’s system information page
• under the product’s help menu.

If it is not practical to apply a label to the surface of your product (and you do not show it using a built-in electronic display), apply the label to both the:

• surface of your product packaging
• product documents (such as instructions or warranties) for the consumer.

A label on the surface of your product packaging must:

• be clearly visible
• take up an area that is greater than 1% of that surface.

If you do not apply a label to the surface of your product, you must keep records that say:

• why you did not apply the label to the surface
• where you applied the label instead.

This does not count if you label electronically.