Ben Aitken Trading Standards Officer Trading Standards MBIE New Zealand Kevin Gudmundsson Legal Metrology Advisor Trading Standards MBIE New Zealand OIML Recommendation R87 Quantity of Products in ID: 753220
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OIML RECOMMENDATION R87
PRE-PACKAGED PRODUCTS
Ben Aitken
Trading Standards OfficerTrading Standards MBIENew Zealand
Kevin Gudmundsson
Legal Metrology Advisor
Trading Standards
MBIE
New ZealandSlide2
OIML Recommendation R87
Quantity of Products in
Pre-packagesSlide3
OIML Recommendation R87
Established by OIML
Recommendation (R)
Model regulation for determining the quantity of product in pre-packagesSlide4
R87 Scope
Pre-packaged goods labelled in predetermined constant nominal quantity of
Weight
Volume
Linear Measure
Area
Count Slide5
R87 Scope
To verify the quantity of product in pre-packages
Sampling Procedures
Sampling Plans
To be used by Legal metrology officialsSlide6
R87 Scope
Informative Annexes
Annex A
- Examination
procedure outline
Annex B
-Tare
procedures
Annex C
- Drained
products
Annex D -
Frozen
products
Mandatory Annex
Misleading pre-packagesSlide7
Why is R87 important
Harmonisation of international trade
Application of an internationally consistent method of determining the net quantity of pre-packagesSlide8
Todays Structure
Terminology
Sampling
Random Sampling
Tare Procedures
Metrological Requirements
Equipment & Traceability
Preparation for site visitSlide9
Todays Structure
OIML R87
TerminologySlide10
Terminology
Pre-packaged
product
Single item for presentation as such to a consumer, consisting of a product and the packing material into which it was put before being offered for sale and in which the quantity of product has a predetermined value, whether the packing material encloses the
product completely or only partially, but in any case in such a way that the actual quantity of product cannot be altered without the packing material either being opened or undergoing a perceptible modification.Slide11
Terminology
Pre-packaged ProductSlide12
Terminology
Pre-package
Combination of the product and the packaging material in which it is
prepackedSlide13
Terminology
Pre-packaged Product
A
prepackaged
product may also be known as
pre-packaged goods, or
pre-packaged commoditiesSlide14
Terminology
Nominal quantity (Q
n
)
Quantity of product in a prepackage declared on the
label by the packager.
Requirements are to be found in OIML Recommendation 79
Labelling requirements for pre-packaged products.Slide15
Terminology
Nominal
quantity
Manufacturer’s declared
quantity as labelled
by the packerSlide16
Terminology
Packing material
Also known as tare, packaging, or packaging material.
the material left over after the product has been used.
does not include intrinsic parts of the product.Slide17
Terminology
Packing material – R87 Definition
Everything of the prepackage that is intended to be left over after use of the product, except for items naturally in the product. Use includes consumption or subjecting to a treatment.Slide18
Terminology
Packing material
Note:
Packing material is generally used to contain, protect, handle, deliver, preserve, transport, inform about and serve as an aid (e.g. food serving tray) while using the product it contains. Slide19
TerminologySlide20
Terminology
Actual quantity or
Net
quantity
This
is the quantity of product that the pre-package in fact contains as determined by measurements made by legal metrology officials.Slide21
Terminology
Other frequently used terms
Gross
weight
= weight
of packaging material + net weight
Tare Weight
= weight of packaging material
Net
weight
=is
the actual quantity of the goods.Slide22
Terminology
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