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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…
The prohibitions and restrictions on the import of animal furs and skins into the UK and the export of salmon and trout.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
The latest reproduction number (R) and growth rate of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Guidance on the collection, verification, and reporting of safety events in clinical trials of an investigational medicinal product.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Guidance for businesses and consumers on the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
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