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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…
Resources for business.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Now the National Measurement Office.
Information for businesses.
Documents that contain technical opinions from the Office for Product Safety and Standards on weights and measures equipment.
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 on Biosecurity Measures Plans, their importance, and why they are a requirement of Authorisation. Use this page to access standardised BMP modules.
OPSS publishes the 2022-23 Section 70 Weights and Measures report as Official Statistics.
How to use a patient-reported outcomes and experiences study to evaluate your digital health product.
Standards, requirements and guidance for social landlords in England on transparency, influence and accountability, including Tenant Satisfaction Measures (TSMs).
Guidance and tools to help you understand and analyse your school or college's performance.
Statistics on employment and continued education of adults finishing funded further education training.
Listings of numbers for identifying items of weighing or measuring equipment.
This page contains an overview of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act and supporting documents.
Use this form to apply for a special measures direction.
A new package of measures to support the improved timeliness of local audit.
Find the most recently applied anti-dumping duty measures.
Trade remedies protect domestic industries from unfair practices around imports. The UK’s own independent trade policy includes a trade remedies system.
A countervailing measure on continuous glass fibre products from Egypt has been varied to remove mats made of glass fibre filaments.
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