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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…
The National Measurement Office regulated the Weights and Measures Act and has now changed its name. This organisation has a new website address under the new name of the National Measurement and Regulation Office.
Information for businesses.
We are inviting views to gather information for the government review of units of measurement for consumer transactions.
This document sets out the strategy for the UK national measurement system.
A guide to research programmes and other services funded through the National Measurement System.
Report by Professor Peter Swann of Innovative Economics Limited.
References to normative documents for measuring instruments in support of the Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016.
Guidance to help organisations choose a monitoring approach for stack emissions to air that meets Environment Agency and MCERTS requirements (formerly part of M2).
Find the measurement unit codes for Data Elements 2/3 and 4/4 when making a declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 20).
This research is part of the Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme
This report provides a snapshot of the success of the government’s investment in the National Measurement System (NMS) from 2018.
The aim of the National Measurement and Regulation Office (NMRO) is to simplify technical regulation for the benefit of British business.
Economic impact reports on the national measurement system.
This strategy describes how the UK will capitalise on its world-leading National Measurement System.
How to use performance data to improve your service: getting started, what to measure, using data.
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