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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…
What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Guidance for food businesses on the Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 8 September 2025.
Ensuring you get what you pay for.
Explanations of the different terms you might see on your driving licence
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Employment Appeal Tribunal Judgment of Sarah Crowther, Deputy Judge of the High Court on 16 September 2025.
Find out about the Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme.
Find out about the long-term effects some people can have after having COVID-19.
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