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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…
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
A guide to collecting data about your packaging. This is for UK organisations affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Food and drink labelling and packaging regulations - what you must show, warnings, health and organic labels and packaging standards.
Packaging regulations: environmental requirements, recycling
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
How to package medicines for sale and what information you must provide to consumers and healthcare professionals.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
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.
MCA interpretation of the certification and vehicle/container packing certificate requirements of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code.
Guidance for those involved in the placing of packaged goods on the market.
Requirements for solid wood packaging used to import or export goods
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
Check if you can make a declaration by conduct or orally if you’re claiming Returned Goods Relief or Temporary Admission for reusable packaging.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
If pharmacies wish to ‘pack down’ larger packs of a medicinal product, they need to follow these instructions
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.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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