There is no specific requirement for the labelling of meat so treated, but any pre-packed meat must declare its ingredients on the wrapper.
Ever since 1926 the law has required pre-packed potatoes to be marked with a weight that will be true at time of sale.
Metrication will provide a welcome opportunity to standardise and rationalise the range of sizes for pre-packed food.
Furthermore, it comes in its own hygienic, pre-packed container, which is biodegradable.
We buy pre-packed salads—we do not wash lettuce any more.
Secondly, they would require sliced bread to be pre-packed in a range of specified sizes.
This is designed to make it clear that pre-packed sliced bread is subject to the same statutory requirements as the ordinary whole loaf.
Most of the pre-packed foods imported are luxury goods and if they enter in metric packs it does not matter at all.
