Weights and measures

Businesses must respect the rules on selling goods by weight or measure.

If you weigh or measure goods to sell to consumers, your equipment must be both suitable and accurate.

When we inspect businesses, we routinely check the accuracy of:

• scales
• spirit measuring instruments
• petrol pumps
• other weights and measures equipment

We check that customers get what they pay for.

For example, with our checks we make sure that a:

• pint of beer really is a pint
• petrol pump is dispensing at the correct pence per litre
• pre-packed goods display the correct weight or measure

If you need advice on more specific aspects of the weights and measures law, visit:

• GOV.UK – weights and measures
• Business Companion – weights and measures

Alternatively, you can contact us.