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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…
Guidance for businesses and consumers on the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
Guidance on the collection, verification, and reporting of safety events in clinical trials of an investigational medicinal product.
Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
Change your protocol, update your authorisation, report safety issues, submit safety updates and complete your end-of-trial study report.
Rules of shackle line operations, waterbath and gas stunners, and facilities for slaughtering poultry, rabbits and hares in abattoirs.
Statistics on primary school children who are overweight, measured in reception and year 6 and presented for different ethnic groups.
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