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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…
The National Measurement Office regulated the Weights and Measures Act and has now changed its name. This organisation has a new website address under the new name of the National Measurement and Regulation Office.
We are inviting views to gather information for the government review of units of measurement for consumer transactions.
What to expect when the Valuation Office Agency visit and measure non-domestic property.
Validation scheme for organisations supplying passive radon detectors to prove their competence in measuring radon levels.
Information for healthcare professionals on how pulse oximeters are regulated, home use and issues to look out for when using the devices
Resources for business.
The use of ionising radiation in medicine, including recommended dose measurements and guidance on safe radiology practice.
This series brings together all documents providing updates on standards and technical documents issued by CEN.
How to use data to improve your service: measuring, reporting, analytics tools and techniques.
Find the measurement unit codes for Data Elements 2/3 and 4/4 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 20).
Updates by the European standardisation organisation, CEN, some of which are relevant to chemical and bio measurements in support of regulation.
A research report which measured the heat loss through walls (U- value) in English housing.
Distances between locks on the River Thames and measurements restricting navigation.
This webpage provides a list of organisations authorised under UK legislation to conduct tonnage measurement and issue certification on UK registered vessels.
Notices of publication and a consolidated list for designated standards for measuring instruments.
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