The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988

Other pre-packed foods

16.—(1) This article applies to foods of any description which are not goods—

(a) required by any other provision of this Order or under or by virtue of any other provision of the Act to be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity; or

(b) in the case of which when sold pre-packed (whether on any sale or on a sale of any particular description) the quantity of the goods sold expressed in a particular manner is required by or under any such provision to be made known to the buyer at or before a particular time; or

(c) expressly exempted by any such provision from all such requirements which would otherwise apply thereto.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, foods to which this article applies shall be pre-packed only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity either by net weight or by capacity measurement.

(3) The following shall be exempted from the requirements of this article, that is to say—

(a) bread and bun loaves, fruit loaves, malt loaves and fruited malt loaves;

(b) food to which articles 4 and 5 of the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Cheese, Fish, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Meat and Poultry) Order 1984(1) apply, other than dates;

(c) freeze drinks in a quantity of less than 50 ml;

(d) herbs, whole and sifted except saffron, in a quantity of less than 25 g;

(e) iced lollies and water ices;

(f) intoxicating liquor to which article 6 of the Weights and Measures (Intoxicating Liquor) Order 1988(2) applies;

(g) milk;

(h) potato crisps and other similar products commonly known as snack foods in a quantity of less than 1 oz up to and including 30th June 1989 and thereafter in a quantity of less than 25 g;

(i) single portion vending machine beverage packs in a quantity of less than 25 g or of less than 25 ml whether or not they contain other foods to which this article does not apply;

(j) single toffee apples;

(k) soft drinks of any description in a syphon;

(l) sugar confectionery consisting of rock or barley sugar in sticks or novelty shapes;

(m) sugar confectionery not included in sub-paragraph (l) above, and chocolate confectionery, in a quantity of less than 50 g;

(n) goods of any other description, except saffron, in a quantity of less than 5 g or of less than 5 ml.

(1)

S.I. 1984/1315, as amended by S.I. 1985/988, 1980.

(2)

S.I. 1988/2039.