Legal Metrology Act, 2014 (Act No. 9 of 2014)RegulationsLegal Metrology Regulations, 2017Part VII : Special requirements for sale of goods sold other than in prepackaged form28. Standard temperature for liquid products measured at time of sale |
The represented volume of a quantity of a liquid product sold by volume and measured at the time of sale, must be the volume at the ambient temperature at which it is measured, unless such volume is converted to the volume at 20⁰C for the purposes of the transaction: provided that a quantity of liquid product which has been artificially heated and which has a temperature above 20⁰C when being measured, must be the volume of the said product at a temperature of 20⁰C.