# The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Various Foods) (Amendment) Order 1985, Note: Explanatory note


This Order amends the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Cheese, Fish, Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Meat and Poultry) Order 1984. Article 5(4) is amended to allow fruits and vegetables when not pre-packed to be sold by gross weight in a container which does not exceed the permitted weight. The exemption in Article 5(7) is limited in the case of foods above 5 kg to exemption from the requirements of paragraphs (3), (4) and (5).
This Order also amends the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984. A new Article 12A together with a new Schedule is inserted to allow potatoes when not pre packed to be sold by gross weight in a container which does not exceed the permitted weight. The prescribed range of imperial quantities for coffee extracts and chicory extracts is to be deleted. The 1 oz size is to be deleted from the range of prescribed quantities for honey, jam and marmalade, jelly preserves, molasses, syrup and treacle and the lower limit for prescribed quantities in respect of those products is to be 50 g instead of ½ oz.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/988/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-act-1963-various-foods-amendment-order-1985/note
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