The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988

Article 3

[F1 SCHEDULE 1 E+W+S FOODS

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 substituted (13.12.2014) by The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2975), regs. 1, 32, Sch.

(1)	(2)
Foods	Exemptions from quantity marking
Barley kernels, pearl barley, rice (including ground rice and rice flakes), sago, semolina and tapioca	Less than 5 g
Biscuits, other than wafer biscuits which are not cream-filled	50 g or less
Bread in the form of a whole loaf	Where the net weight of each loaf is less than 300 g and the number of items (if more than one in the container) is marked on the container or is clearly visible and capable of being easily counted through the container
Cereal breakfast foods in flake form, other than cereal biscuit breakfast foods	Less than 5 g
Coffee, coffee mixtures and coffee bags	Less than 5 g
Coffee extracts and chicory extracts consisting of solid and paste coffee and chicory products	Less than 5 g
Dried fruits of any one or more of the following descriptions, that is to say, apples (including dried apple rings), apricots, currants, dates, figs, muscatels, nectarines, peaches, pears (including dried pear rings), prunes, raisins, sultanas and dried fruit salad	Less than 5 g
Dried vegetables of any of the following descriptions, that is to say, beans, lentils and peas (including split peas)	Less than 5 g
Edible fats of any of the following descriptions— (a) butter, margarine, any mixture of butter and margarine, and low fat spreads (butter or margarine substitutes); (b) dripping and shredded suet; (c) lard and compound cooking fat and substitutes therefor; (d) solidified edible oil (except in gel form)	Less than 5 g
Flour, namely flour of bean, maize, pea, rice, rye, soya bean or wheat and flour products of any of the following descriptions— (a) cake flour, other than cake mixtures and sponge mixtures; (b) cornflour, other than blancmange powders and custard powders; (c) self-raising flour	Less than 5 g
Honey	Less than 5 g
Jam and marmalade, other than diabetic jam or marmalade, Jelly preserves	Less than 5 g
Molasses, syrup and treacle	Less than 5 g
Oat products of any of the following descriptions— (a) flour of oats; (b) oatflakes and oatmeal	Less than 5 g
Pasta	Less than 5 g
Potatoes	(1) Where the net weight of each potato is not less than 175 g and the container is marked with an indication of quantity by number and with a statement to the effect that each potato in the container is of a net weight not less than a weight specified in grams, whether the weight so specified is 175 g or a greater weight. (2) Less than 5 g
Salt	Less than 5 g
Sugar	Less than 5 g
Tea in a tea bag, namely a permeable sealed bag, containing tea, which is intended to be immersed in water in the course of preparation to drink	Less than 5 g
Tea, other than instant tea or tea in a tea bag	Less than 5 g]

Article 14

SCHEDULE 2 E+W+S TABLE OF PERMITTED WEIGHTS FOR CONTAINERS

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 in force at 1.1.1989, see art. 1

Gross weight	Permitted weight of container
Not exceeding 500 g	5 g
Exceeding 500 g	a weight at the rate of 10 g per kg of the gross weight

Article 1(2)

SCHEDULE 3 E+W+S

Commencement Information

I2 Sch. 3 in force at 1.1.1989, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Orders revoked	References	Extent ofrevocation
The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984	S.I.1984/1316	The whole Order
The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment) Order 1985	S.I.1985/988	Article 3
The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment No. 2) Order 1985	S.I.1985/1980	Article 4
The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) (Amendment) Order 1986	S.I.1986/1260	The whole Order