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SCOTSS has found short-weight products contributing to the cost-of-living crisis
Posted 24 August 2022 | JoTS Online
Content Tags: Analysis|Consumer Goods and Services|Scotland
ANALYSIS: A detailed short-weights survey reveals the scale of underfilled products reaching shop shelves, examining inspection findings, their impact on consumers and the enforcement action needed to improve compliance.
Trading Standards Officers throughout the West of Scotland are undertaking a retail monitoring project to identify short-weight products and protect consumers from detriment as prices rise due to inflation.
Officers carried out weight checks on packaged goods at 39 retail outlets, with short-weight products identified during 17 of these visits. A total of 296 different product lines were ...
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