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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-food-amendment-regulations-2014/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2975",
  "legislation_title": "The Weights and Measures (Food) (Amendment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-food-amendment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "schedule",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“SCHEDULE 1\nFOODS\nArticle 3\n(1)\n(2)\nFoods\nExemptions from quantity marking\nBarley kernels, pearl barley, rice (including ground rice and rice flakes), sago, semolina and tapioca\nLess than 5 g\nBiscuits, other than wafer biscuits which are not cream-filled\n50 g or less\nBread in the form of a whole loaf\nWhere 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\nCereal breakfast foods in flake form, other than cereal biscuit breakfast foods\nLess than 5 g\nCoffee, coffee mixtures and coffee bags\nLess than 5 g\nCoffee extracts and chicory extracts consisting of solid and paste coffee and chicory products\nLess than 5 g\nDried 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\nLess than 5 g\nDried vegetables of any of the following descriptions, that is to say, beans, lentils and peas (including split peas)\nLess than 5 g\nEdible fats of any of the following descriptions—\n(a) butter, margarine, any mixture of butter and margarine, and low fat spreads (butter or margarine substitutes);\n(b) dripping and shredded suet;\n(c) lard and compound cooking fat and substitutes therefor;\n(d) solidified edible oil (except in gel form)\nLess than 5 g\nFlour, namely flour of bean, maize, pea, rice, rye, soya bean or wheat and flour products of any of the following descriptions—\n(a) cake flour, other than cake mixtures and sponge mixtures;\n(b) cornflour, other than blancmange powders and custard powders;\n(c) self-raising flour\nLess than 5 g\nHoney\nLess than 5 g\nJam and marmalade, other than diabetic jam or marmalade, Jelly preserves\nLess than 5 g\nMolasses, syrup and treacle\nLess than 5 g\nOat products of any of the following descriptions—\n(a) flour of oats;\n(b) oatflakes and oatmeal\nLess than 5 g\nPasta\nLess than 5 g\nPotatoes\n(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.\n(2) Less than 5 g\nSalt\nLess than 5 g\nSugar\nLess than 5 g\nTea 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\nLess than 5 g\nTea, other than instant tea or tea in a tea bag\nLess than 5 g\n”",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2975/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:57:08.994578+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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