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Departments - Legal Metrology - Supporting Industry

SERVICES

The NRCS - Legal Metrology department provides the following services to industry:
  • Type approval of measuring instruments used in trade;
  • Verification and re-verification of instruments used in trade;
  • Calibration of verification and other standards of mass and volume;
  • Control of the accreditation of verification laboratories;
  • Inspection of pre-packaged goods and measuring instruments used in trade;
  • Assistance in implementing SANS 1840: Measuring container bottles and SANS 1841: Control of Quantity of contents in pre-packed packages within the legal prescriptions of the Trade Metrology Act and Regulations; and
  • Provides advice on the requirements of the Trade Metrology Act, 1973 (Act No. 77 of 1973), including its amendments and attendant regulations.
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