The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988

Cocoa and chocolate productsE+W+S

8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) below, cocoa products and chocolate products not specified in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be pre-packed or otherwise made up in a container for sale only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight:

Provided that there shall be exempted from the requirements of this paragraph products pre-packed in a quantity by net weight of less than 50 g.

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) above shall require a container to be marked with an indication of quantity by net weight if it is a container in which fancy chocolate products are pre-packed, except that when the products are on sale by retail the exemption provided by this paragraph shall apply only if an indication of quantity by net weight is given on a ticket or notice displayed on or in immediate proximity to the products.

(3) Except in the case of an article the net weight of which is less than 50 g, cocoa products and chocolate products which are not pre-packed shall, when sold by retail, be sold only by net weight.

Commencement Information

I1Art. 8 in force at 1.1.1989, see art. 1