Verpak het product en meld de schade.

Because this is a command. In Dutch, just like in English, the subject you is usually left out in commands.

So:

• Verpak het product = Pack the product
• Meld de schade = Report the damage

The hidden subject is basically you.

They are imperative forms, used for giving instructions or orders.

They come from the infinitives:

• verpakken = to package / pack
• melden = to report

In commands, Dutch often uses the stem of the verb:

• verpakken → verpak
• melden → meld

This is very common in manuals, instructions, and notices.

Because the imperative usually uses the stem of the verb, not the normal present-tense ending.

Compare:

• ik meld = I report
• jij meldt = you report
• hij meldt = he reports
• Meld! = Report!

So meld is correct here because it is a command.

A form like meldt can appear in a polite structure such as Meldt u de schade, but that is a different construction.

Because Dutch nouns belong to two article groups:

• het-words
• de-words

Here:

• product is a het-word → het product
• schade is a de-word → de schade

This does not always match anything logical in English, so learners usually need to memorize the article with the noun.

In this sentence, de schade refers to the specific damage involved in the situation.

Dutch often uses articles in places where English learners may expect none. So:

• schade melden can exist as a general dictionary-style phrase: to report damage
• but in a full instruction sentence, meld de schade sounds natural when you mean the damage in question

Without the article, Meld schade would sound much less natural in normal Dutch.

You can also say Pak het product in.

The difference is mostly one of style and nuance:

• verpakken = to package; often a bit more formal or procedural
• inpakken = to pack up / wrap up; often more everyday

So both can work, but Verpak het product sounds very suitable for formal instructions.

As a statement, you would normally include a subject and use normal verb agreement. For example:

• U verpakt het product en meldt de schade. = You package the product and report the damage.
• Hij verpakt het product en meldt de schade. = He packages the product and reports the damage.

So the command form starts directly with the verb, while a statement usually has a subject.

In Dutch, a final d is usually pronounced like t. This is called final devoicing.

So meld is pronounced roughly like melt.

That means:

• written: meld
• pronounced: approximately melt

This is very normal in Dutch spelling and pronunciation.