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What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
A guide to documenting how you’ve collected your packaging data, known as your ‘methodology’. Online marketplaces affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging must submit a methodology.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
How UK organisations that supply or import packaging should comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
All specifications for the packaging of all Higher Activity Waste (HAW)
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Check what security features you’ll need put on tobacco product packaging.
Waste Package guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Explainer on product information templates to be used by applicants and Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) of veterinary medicines.
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