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What does that peculiar-looking 'e' mean beside the weight on the label on a pot of jam and on other food items of UK (and Euro?) origin?

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Funny you should mentioned that Arthur, I saw it for the first time this morning on a aerosol can on a window sill, whilst stood having a pee in the office toilet! I dont know what it means either.

hang on a minute, have you nothing better to think about at 7:40 in the morning?

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means Statutory Minimum Weight according to Measuring Instructions (EEC Regulations 1975).

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Excellent contribution Martyn. What sort of aerosol was it that outwitted you? Btw, "Office toilet" means the place where are supposed to have a pee, so at least you got that right, luckily.

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Arthur
It means filled/packed to european standard fill ... in other words, the average fill of a particular batch is eg 300ml but you might be the statistically unlucky one who gets 250ml (which would be quite legal)
Douglas


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The worst thing was that I was looking up at the window sill when really I should have been paying attention and looking down!!! . I won't say any more!!

Martyn

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This is right answer. Having the e-mark (as it is officially called) covers the manufacturer if the product is slightly underweight. You are also legally obliged to have it on all food products that are now sold in the EU, together with the name, address & telephone contact of an importer or manufacturer based in the EU.

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You cannot get away with 250g sample with 300g emark. It's not averaging, perhaps more technically averaging within tolerances.

Those tolerances being that no more than 2.5% of sample can be below the tolerance factor
Nominal quantity Tolerable negative error
5 - 50 g (or ml) 9 % of the nominal quantity
50 - 100 g (or ml) 4,5 g (or ml)
100 - 200 g (or ml) 4,5 % of the nominal quantity
200 - 300 g (or ml) 9 g (or ml)
300 - 500 g (or ml) 3 % of the nominal quantity
500 - 1 000 g (or ml) 15 g (or ml)
1 000 -10 000 g (or ml) 1,5 % of the nominal quantity

Allow for a few bottles to be below the emark weight, but very few of them. It's effectively a minimum weight with a little fudge factor.

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What the F... are you doing, dancing up and down in womens' clothes?

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I have a statutory minimum weight - though I haven't actually attained it ....... yet ;-)

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it is statistical average and is governed by ec twaddle 1995 etc etc (which satisfies HM inspector) ....

agree about 250g ... reference was merely to lighten fairly turgid stuff ... although i'm sure somebody's tried to claim it within law ... !

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There is averaging going on, yes. But only 2.5% of the sample can be less than the conditions set down the weight range the emarked product falls into

So, very few of the containers contain less than the e-marked weight. This means it's effectively a minimum weight mark with allowance for difficulty in measuring accurately at production runs

If it was average weight mark, 50% of containers would have less than the e-marked weight


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Hee hee!

Where you been anyway? Came back said Hi, then disappeared again!

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