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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…
How to work out the weight of plastic packaging components and each material used to make them, to check if you must register for Plastic Packaging Tax and include them on your return.
How to import bananas into the UK by weighing consignments and making simplified declarations.
Analysis: differences between the current Directive 2009/23/EC and the new Directive 2014/31/EU, for non-automatic weighing instruments.
Guidance for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) examiners conducting vehicle weight checks.
MCA approved organisations for container weight requirements
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