The labeling follows a general scheme as laid down in the Insecticides Rules, 1971, and contains information such as brand name, name of manufacturer, name of the antidote in case of accidental consumption etc.

A major aspect of the label is a color mark which represents the toxicity of the material by a color code.

Thus the labelling scheme proposes four different colour labels: viz red, yellow, blue, and green.

[4] The toxicity classification applies only to pesticides which are allowed to be sold in India.

Some of the red-label and yellow-label pesticides were banned in the state of Kerala following the Endosulfan protests of 2011.