Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part VI : Requirements for marking of prepackages and prescribed quantities25. Qualification of statement of quanitity on prepackaged products |
| (1) | A statement of quantity must be unambiguous and without a qualification that renders it misleading or without meaning. |
| (2) | The following qualifications are allowed— |
| (a) | the "drained mass" must be indicated in addition to the total net mass on the products required by SANS 289 to bear a drained mass; |
| (b) | the quantity of a liquid product may be qualified by a statement of content at 20⁰C; |
| (c) | the mass of an animal carcass may be indicated as "cold mass"; |
| (d) | the words "contents", "net mass" or "net" may be used with a statement of quantity; and |
| (e) | the "stretched" length may be indicated in addition to the "un-stretched" length in the case of elastic materials provided that both such lengths are shown simultaneously. In the case of cotton crepe bandage and conforming bandage the stretched length only may be shown. |