Amendment of the Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988

3.  The Weights and Measures (Miscellaneous Foods) Order 1988(1) 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)”.

(1)

S.I. 1988/2040.