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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…
Working out what you need to measure and how to measure it.
This note includes the value for money metrics that providers must report on as part of their Annual Accounts reporting and also explains how to calculate the metrics.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Choosing the best way to measure the success of your service.
When and how to measure a habitat or development’s impact on biodiversity.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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