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What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
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…
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
Information for businesses.
Now the National Measurement Office.
Resources for business.
Permission is required for a burial at sea in the UK marine area.
Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas from 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of tier 2 behavioural weight management services for children, families and adults.
Weights & Biases provides an MLOps platform to help organisations gain auditable and explainable end-to-end machine learning workflows for reproducibility and governance.
Insights from new evidence on the relationship between excess weight and coronavirus (COVID-19).
Outlining the shared commitment of professional organisations working together to support the public health workforce to have healthier weight conversations.
A resource to support local authorities, NHS commissioners and providers, voluntary and community sector organisations to take action to reduce obesity.
MCA approved organisations for container weight requirements
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.
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