Industry off hook over weight marks.(news)(Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006)(Brief article)

From: Grocer | Date: February 3, 2007 | Copyright information

Food products will not have to carry front-of-pack weight marks after a u-turn by regulators.

The DTI and local authority body Lacors are to amend their interpretation of a new law in the face of complaints from retailers and suppliers that such a requirement would cost the industry millions.

The Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006, brought in to meet tougher Ell requirements on goods marking, state the weight mark on a product should be "vi...

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