WEIGHTS AND MEASURES (PRE-PACKA GED PRODUCT) REGULATION 2014 
In exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (2)(gh) of  section 29 of the 
Weights and Measures Act 1972, the Mini ster make the fo llowing regulations: 
1.Citation, application and commencement 
(1) These regulations may be cited as the Weights and Measures (Pre-Packaged 
Product) Regulations 2013.  
(2) These regulations shall apply to all pre-packaged product declared in area, 
count, length, weight and volu me. For weight and volume it will cover the product 
from 5 g to 50 kg and 5 mL to 50 L respectively. 
(3) It shall come into force on the ……date….. 
2. Interpretation. 
In these Regulations unless t he context otherwise requires- 
"Act" means the Weight and Measure Act 1972. “actual quantity” means net  quantity of product in a pre-packaged determined by 
measurements made by the Inspec tor of Weights and Measures. 
"characters" includes numbers and letters; “distributor” means any person who distributes pre-packaged product. 
“Drained Quantity of Pre-Packaged in Liquid Medium” includes:   
 
(a) The liquid medium is m eant to be left over after us e. The terms “content of 
the pre-package” applies to the solid products. In this case the solid 
products are those contained in t he pre-package excluding the packing 
material and the liquid medium, or  
 
(b) The liquid medium is not meant to be left over after use. The terms 
“content of the pre-pack age” applies to the solid  products and the liquid 
medium, or 
 
(c) The liquid medium might or might not be left over a fter use. The definition 
of packing material does not dist inguish between the liquid medium and 
the products. 
 
"importer“ includes any person who, whether as owner, c onsignee, agents or brokers 
is in possession of, or is ent itled to the custody or cont rol of imported pre-packaged 
products. “Inspection lot” means a definite quantity of some pre-packages produced at one 
time under conditions that are presumed uniform and from which a sample is drawn 
and inspected to determine conformance with specified criteria for acceptance or 
rejection of the inspection lot as a whole. 
"Manufacturer” means any person who manufactures and includes any person who 
packs or repacks any products for the purpose of sale. 
“Nominal Quantity” means th e amount declared by manufac turer of the identified 
product in a pre-package exclusive of t he package and any other material packed 
with the product. 
“Non-conforming Pre-package” means pre-package that has a negative error greater 
than the tolerable deficiency. 
“Pre-packaged Product” means any product that is enclosed in a container or 
wrapped in any manner, and for whic h its quantity has been determined and 
indicated on its label for the purpose of sale. The quantity of the product contained 
cannot be changed without the pre-package  being opened or doing a perceptible 
modification. 
“Random sampling” means the sample pre-packages are chosen randomly. “Sample” means pre-packages taken from  an inspection lot and used to provide 
information that will serve as the basis fo r a decision on the conformance of the 
inspection lot. 
“Tolerable Deficiency” means the deficiency in quantity of product permitted in a pre-
packaged. 
3. Tolerable Deficiency. 
(1) The average value of the actual quant ity as determined in a sample of pre-
packages inspected shall not be less than the nominal quantity. 
(2) Any pre-packaged products quantity of which is declared  in weight and 
volume shall comply with t he following requir ements;    
 
(a) The number of pre-packages havi ng a negative error greater than the 
tolerable deficiency as specified in Schedule 1 shall be that allowed in 
Schedule 3.  
 (b) No pre-package shall have a negat ive error greater than twice the 
tolerable deficiency as specified in Schedule 1. 
(3) In the case of drained weight pr oducts, the pre-packaged product shall not 
have a negative error greater than two times of the tolerable deficiency as specified 
in Schedule 1. (4) In the case of pre-packaged products  declared in length, the tolerable 
deficiency shall be 2% of the nominal quantity of product. 
(5) In the case of pre-packaged produc ts declared in area, the tolerable 
deficiency shall be 3% of the nominal quantity of product. 
(6) Any pre-packaged products declared in counts shall comply with the following; 
 
(a) Up to 50 pieces, the actual quant ity shall not be less than the nominal 
quantity. 
(b) For more than 50 pieces, the actual  quantity shall not be less, on average, 
than the nominal quantit y and, the negative error is one piece for each 
beginning hundred. 
4. Labeling. 
 
(1) Any pre-packaged products shall be labeled with the fo llowing information: 
 (a) Identity of the product. (b) Name and address of manufacturer,  packer, importer or distributor, 
(c) Nominal Quantity in SI units or pieces. 
 (2) The name of company or the pers on’s address label on the pre –packaged 
product shall be in Malaysia on which any le gal notices or process can be served. 
 (3) Any pre-packaged products containing  liquid shall be label with nominal 
volume or products declared in weight s hall be label with nominal  weight or product 
declared in pieces shall be label in number.  (4)  Size of the letters and numbers of t he nominal quantity shall be adhering to 
Schedule 2.  (5) Any pre-packaged products indicated in  pieces, length and area units, the 
minimum height of character shall be 2mm.  (6) Any quantity stated or printed on the label of the pre-packaged product 
whether direct or indirect by any means given shall be assumed as nominal quantity. 
 
5. Drained Weight 
 
Any pre-packages product cont ain liquid medium shall pre scribed the total weight 
and the drained weight.   
6. Exemption 
 
(1)  Any pre-packaged product more than 50 kg or 50 L shall be exempted from 
this regulation. 
 (2) Any other pre-packaged product gazette , by notice published in the Gazette 
shall be exempted from this regulation by the Minister. 
 
7. General Provision for Weights and Measures (Power to Inspect) 
 
(1) The manufacturer, packer, importer or  distributor shall keep records on the 
actual quantities of his pr oducts and should be able to provide the records to the 
Inspector of Weights and Measures when requested.  (2) The manufacturer, packer, importer  or distributor s hall provide proper 
assistance to the Inspector of Wei ghts and Measures during inspections. 
 
8. Inspection Lot or Sampling by In spector of Weights and Measures 
 
(1)  Inspection lots shall be assumed to be homogeneous if there is no indication 
to the contrary.  (2) Pre-packages for the sample s hall be selected using random sampling 
method as Schedule 3.  (3) Sample pre-packages must be collected after the point of final checking by 
the packer.  
9. Offences 
 
(1)  Any person who fail to  adhered or fraud or mislead the tolerable deficiency 
mention by regulation 3(1), 3( 2), 3(3), 3(4), 3(5), or 3(6)  shall be guilty of an offence 
and such non – conforming pre-packaged produc t shall be liable to be forfeited. 
 
(2) Any person who fails or refuses to co mply with the requir ement of regulation 
4(1), 4(2), 4(3), 4(4)  or 4(5) shall be guilty of an offence and such non – conforming 
pre-packaged product shall be liable to be forfeited.  (3) Any person who refuses or neglects to produce for an inspection any records 
or hinder or obstructs the Inspector from entering the premises or any of them or 
obstructs the Inspector from entering the premises to perform their duty under this 
regulation shall be guil ty of an offence. 
 (4) Any persons who fail or refuse to provide an assistant to the Inspector to 
perform the function under this regulat ion shall be guilty of an offence. 
        SCHEDULE 1 
TOLERABLE DEFICIENCY FOR MASS AND VOLUME  
 
   
 
   
 
  
 
 
The values of the tolerable deficiency shown as percentages in the table, calculated 
in units of weight or volu me, shall be rounded up to the nearest one-tenth of a gram 
or millilitre. 
 
SCHEDULE 2 
MINIMUM SIZE OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS 
Nominal Quantity 
in g or mL Minimum height of letters and numbers
in mm 
up to 50 
more than 50 to 200 
more than 200 to 1000 
more than 1000 2 
3 4 6 
 
 
 
 
 Nominal quantity (Q n) in g or mL Tolerable Deficiency (T) 
 
  
      From          To 
 as % of Q n               g or mL 
5 
50 
100 
200 300 
500 
1,000 
10,000 
15,000 50 
100 
200 
300 500 
1,000 
10,000 15,000 
50,000 9.0 
— 
4.5 
— 
3.0 
— 
1.5 
 
1 — 
4.5 
— 
9.0 
— 
15.0 
 
150 
  
SCHEDULE 3 
TOLERABLE DEFICIENCY 
1. Sampling plan for pre-packages with nominal quantity expressed in 
units of weight and volume:  
1.1 Random Sampling plan: 
Lot size Sample size Number of 
non-conforming 
pre-packages allowed 
(L) (n) (c) 
100 to 500 
501 to 3200 
more than 3200   50 
80 
125 3 
5 7 
 
1.2 Total sampling test: 
 
Any inspection lot less than 100 sample the whole lot shall be inspected and 
the number of non-conformi ng pre-packages shall not exceed 2.5 percent of 
the produced pre-packages. 
  1.3 Destructive test : 
 
Lot size Sample size Number of 
non-conforming 
pre-packages allowed 
(L) (n) (c) 
equal or  
more than 100  
20  
1 
  
The sample size (n) require d to perform the destructive tests for a lot size of 
100 or more prepackages product are 20 prepackages.           
2. Sampling plan for pre-packages with nominal quantity expressed in 
units of Length, area and count:  
Lot size Sample size Number of 
non-conforming 
pre-packages allowed 
(L) (n) (c) 
26 to     50 
51 to   150 
151 to   500 501 to 3200 
3201 and more 3 
5 
8 
13 20 0 
0 
1 1 1