This year Trading standards Departments are carrying out a survey of weighing instruments used in supermarkets. It is good to see co-ordinated work from Trading Standards

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The WELMEC Committee will withdraw three guides as their content is now covered by Guide 10.10, Evaluating purely digital parts. They are Guides 10.3, 10.7 and 10.9. The withdrawn guides will be retained for reference purposes. lnkd.in/dH6w3bD

The WELMEC Committee has approved a series of revised guides, including Guides 7.2, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.10 & 11.6. A new Guide 6.14: Information on units of weight or volume used on prepackages was also approved. These will appear on the WELMEC website lnkd.in/dij_Zsy

The April edition of the OIML bulletin is available to download lnkd.in/dDgVsi6 and includes an article on UK participation in OIML and the benefits this brings Office for Product Safety and Standards @UKWF Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) SCOTSS CTSI Scotland lnkd.in/dqSUKhs

9 June 2018 marks World Accreditation Day. Safe and legally compliant products, including NAWIs and MIs, are a vital consideration for government, regulators and businesses to keep people safer in their work and private lives. lnkd.in/dRaCQ-F

Great day delivering training on liquid fuel measuring instrument systems to Verification Officers from the West of Scotland module F conformity assessment body Office for Product Safety and Standards CTSI Scotland SCOTSS Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) UKAS lnkd.in/dfcJZYa

Short measure of beer in 1868 #BeerDay

Meeting today to help the Chartered Trading Standards Institute to develop a new qualification to fulfil the needs of future Trading Standards Officers and Inspectors of Weights and Measures Office for Product Safety and Standards @UKWF Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) SCOTSS CTSI Scotland @WSCCTS lnkd.in/gAAeViC

Attending the Chartered Trading Standards Institute BREXIT Think Tank meeting today in London to explain the BREXIT impact on legal metrology in the UK to representatives from central government departments lnkd.in/gwEY95c

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has published a revised list of stamp numbers for Inspectors of Weights and Measures, Approved Manufacturers and Approved Verifiers  lnkd.in/gaEiEkE lnkd.in/gRMi3Fp

CECIP calls for EU mutual recognition of the varying qualitative requirements underpinning the provision of weighing and measuring re-verification services   lnkd.in/gEYTZH3 lnkd.in/g9-gfWx

Second day of a 2 day ISO9001:2015 and Directive 2014/31/EU module D certification audit of a NAWI manufacturer - they have a beautiful old precision balance! lnkd.in/g2VxHhc

The CIML will discuss a new QI toolkit to support metrology, standards, accreditation, inspection, testing, product & management system certification and technical regulation as part of 'Legal Metrology in Practice' lnkd.in/ghfXKuT lnkd.in/gHSsKPr

Belarus and Brazil announce their plans to celebrate World Metrology Day on 20th May 2018 lnkd.in/g8Sf_P9 lnkd.in/gsHmGTr

The next Legal Metrology Expert Panel meeting takes place on 19.04.18, involving the Trading Standards community, CTSI Lead Officers, the Office for Product Safety & Standards & NMO, designed to discuss and agree complex regulatory compliance issues lnkd.in/gCyPVsY

Preparing for the next 2 day ISO9001:2015 transition certification audit next week, involving a Module D NAWI Approved Manufacturer under Directive 2014/31/EU lnkd.in/ggxPSDw

The Office for Product Safety and Standards has produced new NAWI Guidance Notes lnkd.in/g4Fw_Ny lnkd.in/gwXum_K

Great day training TSOs on software in measuring instruments at NMO, Teddington. Thanks to colleagues Anne Kearney, Sue Baker & Nichola Lund for facilitating. Plenty of food for thought for module F Notified Bodies & local weights and measures authorities lnkd.in/gN3tDT5

UKAS acknowledges in its current newsletter the critical role played by NMO Technical Services in standards and product and quality management system certification in reducing regulatory burdens and providing market access lnkd.in/gQ8w9De lnkd.in/gvG6Vbw

Following the creation of the Office of Product Safety and Standards the email address for reporting concerns about Module D Approved Manufacturers, Approved Verifiers and Notified Bodies has changed to [email protected]  lnkd.in/gmN7HGN