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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…
Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.
Find out about advisory fuel rates for company car users, when you can use them, and how they're calculated.
Learn more about the support available for Alcohol Duty.
Who can get the relief, when to check your eligibility and how to work out your discounted duty rates.
Find out what VAT should be charged on supplies of fuel and power if you're a supplier or a user.
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Government Chemist has drafted an opinion in answer to a query raised by a public analyst on a disagreement about correct tolerances on declared alcohol content
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