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NATIONAL TRADE MEASUREMENT REGULATIONS 2009 (SLI NO 233 OF 2009) - REG 4.26

Unit price marking -- retail sales of particular foods by mass

         (1)   This regulation applies to the following packaged products:

                (a)    fruit, including fruit pieces but not including whole fruit that is priced according to number;

               (b)    dried or dehydrated fruit;

                (c)    dried or dehydrated mixed fruit;

               (d)    vegetables, including vegetable pieces but not including whole vegetables that are priced according to number;

                (e)    mushrooms;

                (f)    cheese or cheese products;

                (g)    dressed poultry that is not marked in terms of minimum mass in accordance with regulation 4.16;

                (h)    fish, including crustaceans;

                 (i)    meat;

                (j)    smallgoods, including bacon, corned beef and ham.

         (2)   If the product is sold, the package containing the product must, in addition to being marked with the measurement of the product, be marked with its total price and price per kilogram.

         (3)   However, subregulation (2) does not apply if, for the sale:

                (a)    the package is exposed in or on a receptacle on which or immediately adjacent to which the total price and price per kilogram of the product is displayed:

                          (i)    in characters at least 10 mm high; and

                         (ii)    where that price can be readily seen and easily read; or

               (b)    the package is exposed in a display of packages each of which marked:

                          (i)    as containing the same product; and

                         (ii)    with the same measurement of the product.

Example of display of packages mentioned in paragraph (b)

A display of packages each marked as containing a particular kind of cheese and marked with a measurement of 250 g.

         (4)   The marking on a package required by this regulation must be made as if it were a measurement marking.

         (5)   This regulation does not apply to a prepackaged product if:

                (a)    it is sold for resale; or

               (b)    the package containing the product is a rigid container.



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