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Prevent product safety problems
How to put processes in place at every stage to prioritise product safety.
Enforcing weights and measures legislation
Overview of who is responsible for the regulation of weights and measurement legislation in the UK.
Weights and measures rules for greengrocers
Weights and measures rules for greengrocers including selling loose fruit and vegetables by net or gross weight and selling countable items.
Product ecodesign checklist
Considering the whole of a product's lifecycle to ensure goods and services become more sustainable
Packaging and labelling for export
What packaging and labelling considerations businesses should consider when exporting goods including local rules and language.
Product packaging design
How the design of your packaging can help you sell your goods and build your brand.
Weights and measures rules for bakers
Weights and measures rules for bakers including rules regarding the weight of packaged bread.
Product safety liability and insurance
The law relating to product safety liability and why taking out product liability insurance is a good idea.
Placing manufactured goods on the Northern Ireland market
Find out the EU rules relating to the placing on the market of manufactured goods.
Labelling and packaging rules for specific sectors
The legal requirements for price-marking and labelling precious metals, footwear, food, drink tobacco and toys.
Product labelling and packaging rules for retailers
Understand the special rules for retailers about the price marking and labelling of products.
What you need to know about packaging and labelling
The law about the packaging and labelling of products including information on quantity, composition, place and date of manufacture.
Ecodesign: compliance and standards
Understand the legal responsibilities and standards that relate to the ecodesign of products, and how to ensure compliance with ecodesign directives
Weights and measures for packaged goods
What you must do if you sell goods in packages of a pre-determined constant quantity, including rules on average weights and ‘tolerable negative error’.
Weights and measures rules for butchers
Weights and measures rules for butchers including selling by net or gross weight, displaying prices and using approved scales.
Sell by metric weights and measures
The metric weights and measures your business must use when selling goods, including kilograms, litres and metres.
Product safety corrective action, recalls and incidents
Your legal duty for ensuring products are safe and actions you must take when there are problems.
Product safety advice and enforcement
How product safety is enforced locally and role of your local council’s Environmental Health Department.
Packaging - environmental considerations
Environmental regulations and considerations when designing packaging including reducing the weight and volume and your duty of care for waste.
Ecodesign for end of product life
How to design products so that you or your customers can reuse or dispose of them in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way