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Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
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.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
How to import bananas into the UK by weighing consignments and making simplified declarations.
Information for businesses.
Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of tier 2 behavioural weight management services for children, families and adults.
Ensuring you get what you pay for.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Indicative application document
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Insights from new evidence on the relationship between excess weight and coronavirus (COVID-19).
Abattoirs in the Pig Carcase Grading Scheme must abide by the regulations for dressing, weighing, grading and marking carcases.
Resources for business.
Renewal application form for verified gross mass of containers
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