General requirements for certain foods to be pre-packed in prescribed quantities and their containers to be quantity marked or, when not pre-packed, to be sold by retail by quantityI13

1

Subject to the following provisions of this Order, the foods specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, other than chunk honey and comb honey F1..., shall be pre-packed or, in the case of sugar, otherwise made up in a container for sale, only if they are made up in one of the quantities by net weight, or, in the case of milk, by capacity measurement, specified in column 2 in relation to the foods, subject to the exceptions specified in column 3.

2

Subject to the following provisions of this Order, the foods specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, other than F2... milk, shall be pre-packed or, in the case of honey, cocoa products and chocolate products, solid and paste coffee and chicory products and sugar, otherwise made up in a container for sale, only if the container is marked with an indication of quantity by net weight, subject to the exemptions specified in column 4.

3

Subject to the following provisions of this Order, the foods specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, other than bread and chunk honey and comb honey and milk, shall, when not pre-packed, if sold by retail be sold only by net weight, subject to the exceptions specified in column 5.

F34

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to a pre-packed food which is made up in a quantity other than as specified in column 2 of Schedule 1, provided the package was brought into the United Kingdom from another Member State in which a package made up in such a quantity could lawfully be marketed.

F45

If any of the foods (other than chunk honey) specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order is made up in advance ready for retail sale or wholesale in a securely closed container, the requirement in paragraph (1) that it be sold only in one of the quantities specified in column 2 in relation to the food does not apply.