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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 package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
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.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
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.
If you use, produce or supply wood packaging material (WPM) to move goods to or from the EU or the rest of the world, you must make sure it meets international standards.
Major package of reforms to support small businesses in PM’s first economic speech since the Spring Budget [Monday 18th March].
Guidance for the veterinary pharmaceutical industry on the production of mock-ups for assessment.
Check what security features you’ll need put on tobacco product packaging.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Find out if you need to use the UKCA (UK Conformity Assessed) marking on products you manufacture or handle.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
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