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Notices of publication and a consolidated list for designated standards for non-automatic weighing instruments.
Key regulations on tonnage measurement, weighing, safe loading, unloading and carriage of cargo, and passenger and personnel safety issues for ships.
Information for manufacturers.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Beef abattoirs must dress, categorise, classify, weigh and label carcases according to regulations, and communicate results to suppliers.
Slaughterhouses in Great Britain with a high throughput of pig carcases must send weekly pricing data to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
Who can drive a van, the speed limits and weight limits that apply, and rules on loading, drivers' hours and maintenance.
Guidance for using automated grading techniques for beef carcase classification
Guidance on the approach to ensure that instruments placed on the market conform to the Measuring Instruments Directive.
Find out when you must label your meat, fish or seafood product with its country of origin.
RA withdrawn, contents incorporated into RA 5212 – Mass and Centre of Gravity Determination.
UK national certificates issued by the Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Listings of numbers for identifying items of weighing or measuring equipment.
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