Article 3
Textual Amendments
| (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
| 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)
| 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 |