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  "title": "The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988",
  "short_title": "Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) 1988",
  "long_title": "This Order consolidates and amends the Weights and Measures Act 1963 (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1984 as amended. The principal changes introduced by this Order are as follows:—in article 4, to permit the weights of non-retail pre-packed chocolate products weighing 10kg or more to be marked on an accompanying document instead of the packaging, and to permit the weights of non-retail pre-packed solid and paste coffee and chicory products shown in an accompanying document to be in metric units only;in article 9(1), pre-packed liquid coffee and chicory products in quantities of less than 5ml are exempted from quantity marking;in article 16(3)(a), to make clear that the prescribed quantities in which bread has to be made up do not also apply to bun loaves, fruit loaves, malt loaves and fruited malt loaves; andin Schedule 1, to prescribe a new range for tea (other than tea bags), and to exempt from quantity marking all pre-packed foods in quantities of less than 5g or 5ml previously required to be quantity marked below those values.",
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