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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…
A resource to support local authorities, NHS commissioners and providers, voluntary and community sector organisations to take action to reduce obesity.
Outlining the shared commitment of professional organisations working together to support the public health workforce to have healthier weight conversations.
Resources to support the commissioning and delivery of tier 2 behavioural weight management services for children, families and adults.
Practical advice and tools to support health and care professionals make brief interventions in weight management for adults.
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
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.
How changes to goods vehicles before they're registered will be approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.
Training tools providing evidence-based healthy weight messages for the public health workforce to use in discussions with children, young people and families.
Practical advice and tools to support health and care professionals have conversations about weight management with children and their families.
Guidance about programme cost weightings in the 16 to 19 funding formula for sector subject areas from 2023 to 2024 academic year.
Insights from new evidence on the relationship between excess weight and coronavirus (COVID-19).
This statistics release summarises data covering Local Weights and Measures Authority regulatory activity in 2022-23 with comparisons made to the previous year. It outlines where the majority of activity has taken place and highlights the main concerns which have been...
Draft regulations amending the Road Vehicles (Authorised Weights) Regulations 1998.
This statistics release summarises data covering Local Weights and Measures Authority regulatory activity in 2023-24 with comparisons made to the previous year. It outlines where the majority of activity has taken place and highlights the main concerns which have been...
Resources for business.
Resources to help local commissioners achieve value for money by estimating the return on investment (ROI) and cost-effectiveness of public health programmes.
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