Amendment of the Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988
3. The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988(1) is hereby amended as follows:—
(a)in article 2, by deleting the definition of “coffee bag” and substituting therefor the following:
““coffee bag” means a permeable sealed bag, which is intended to be immersed in water or to have water percolated through it, containing coffee, or a coffee mixture, or a combination of either coffee or a coffee mixture (or both) with a lesser quantity of instant coffee”;
(b)in article 3 —
(i)in paragraph (1), by deleting the words “and cut lump salt”; and
(ii)in paragraph (2), by deleting the words “cut lump salt and”; and
(c)in Schedule 1—
(i)in the item relating to barley kernels, pearl barley etc, by deleting the entry in column (2) and substituting therefor:
“125 g, 250 g, 375 g, 500 g or a multiple of 500 g.”;
(ii)in the item relating to tea in a tea bag, by adding in column (2) the following note:
“Note
In the case of tea in a tea bag the prescribed quantities and quantity marking relate to the contents.”; and
(iii)in the item relating to tea other than tea in a tea bag,
(aa)by amending the description in column to read as follows:
“Tea, other than instant tea or tea in a tea bag”; and
(bb)in column (2), by deleting the words “(other than tea in a tea bag)” and substituting therefor “(other than instant tea or tea in a tea bag)”.
S.I. 1988/2040.