Trading Standards checks and verifies weighing and measuring equipment, from weighbridges and shop scales to measures in pubs and at petrol pumps.
We also:
- inspect and test goods sold by weight and measure
- test retail packaged goods and the systems that are used in the manufacturing process
- test retail goods ranging from food items to road fuel and home heating oil deliveries
- check the quantity of goods delivered to businesses.
Visit GOV.UK for further information on units of measure and the law.