# The Weights and Measures (Various Foods) (Amendment) Order 1990, Article 3: Amendment of the Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988


The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988 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)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/1550/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/weights-and-measures-various-foods-amendment-order-1990/article-3
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