The story so far: The Consumer Department, Legal Metrology Division, has notified a draft amendment to the Legal Metrology (Packaged Products) Rules 2011. As explained in the notification, the Legal Metrology Division of the Department of Consumer Affairs found that many manufacturers/packagers/importers do not clearly identify the required declarations or key front-of-packaged components that must be disclosed as essential to protect consumer interests. (ii) Legally relevant parameter. – Parameters of an instrument or measuring module subject to legal control. The following types of legally relevant parameters can be distinguished: type-specific parameters and device-specific parameters. According to the Legal Metrology (Packaged Products) Rules 2011, it is mandatory to ensure a number of declarations, such as the name and address of the manufacturer/packager/importer, country of origin, common or generic name of the goods, net quantity, month and year of manufacture, maximum retail price (MPR) and consumer protection information. As a consumer-oriented policy, all prepackaged products should also be inspected. An instrument shall include such provisions as may be required by the Director to attach the predefined components and controls to which access or adaptation of the metrological characteristics of the instrument is likely. As stated in Rule 2(h), “principal display panel” means, with respect to packaging, the total surface area of a package containing the information required by these requirements, i.e.: that all information should be grouped and reported in one place – pre-printed information could be aggregated and provided in one place and online information in another. (e) Stamping provisions – The dimensions shall have a copper rivet at each end (see Figure 20) firmly fixed in a hole embedded on both sides for the hallmark of the regulatory metrology agent.
An arrowhead shall be placed at each end of the measurement to indicate the points for length control. The zeroing and zero-tracking devices shall be activated as in normal operation. Set the DUT as close to zero as possible before the test. The test sample shall be handled in such a way that there is no condensation of water on the test object. • If the equipment can deflect materials weighed by other relief devices, the test programme shall be carried out for each alternative, unless it can be demonstrated that the weighing container is not affected, for example, by a different air flow. Simulators shall be defined in terms of hardware and functionality by reference to the equipment being tested and by any other documentation necessary to ensure reproducible test conditions. This information shall be attached to or traceable from the test report. (b) The lines shall be thin and clear, of uniform depth and thickness and perpendicular to the edges.
The thickness of the line shall not exceed 0,2 mm for stamped balances and 0,1 mm for motorised scales. The lines must be so deep that they are legible and indelible. An instrument can add up transactions with other instruments connected to it, either directly or through measurement-controlled peripherals, and if the price-performance intervals of all connected instruments are identical. • Battery (DC) non-rechargeable batteries and also including rechargeable batteries if (re)charging of batteries is not possible during the operation of the device: the lower limit is the upper limit of minimum operating voltage is Unom or Umax; (b) Pins, blades and bearings, when used, shall be made of suitable agate or hard material or steel of appropriate quality. Steel edges and bearings shall have the hardness specified below: The tests shall be carried out without excessive stacking or overlapping of the load on the load receiver, provided that the conditions are practicable and safe. The test load is equal to half of the maximum capacity, rounded up to the nearest level of 1 tonne. The test load shall be located on the rails covering the smallest possible area and stacked on each pair of load receiver carriers. (2) Operating conditions evaluated. – the conditions of use indicating the ranges of the influence variables for which the metrological properties shall lie within the specified MPEs. (iii) Heating. – If the balancing mechanism is installed in low temperature environments, a heater shall be provided to ensure that the devices operate under the operating conditions specified by the manufacturer. In addition, Rule 9(1)(a) provides that the declaration shall be legible and clearly visible on the packaging.
The “consumer`s right to information” is violated if important statements are not clearly visible on the packaging. (b-i) For selective combination balances, the maximum permissible error for each static test load when testing influencing factors is 0.25 of the maximum permissible deviation for in-service verification for the corresponding mass of filling divided by the square root of the average (or optimal) number of loads per filling. (a) Glass dimensions – The dimensions must be clear and transparent glass. They should be well annealed, free of stones, cracks and chips, and as free as possible from bubbles and other defects. Lead glass cannot be used for measurements. Note 2: In the case of cylindrical dimensions, handles may also be mounted which are replaced by two suitable but diagonally opposed supports attached to the walls of the measuring by brazing, brazing or welding, so that the measurement is properly held by a handle perpendicular to the walls of the measure in order to facilitate its use in the trade of hot and boiled milk.
