A Singapore Government Agency Website
Enterprise Singapore Logo
  • Industries
    • Industry Type
      • Agri-tech
      • Air Transport
      • Built Environment
      • Digital / ICT
      • Electronics
      • Energy & Chemicals
      • Food Manufacturing
      • Food Services
      • Healthcare and Biomedical
      • Land Transport
      • Logistics
      • Marine & Offshore Engineering
      • Precision Engineering
      • Retail
      • Sea Transport
      • Urban Solutions
      • Wholesale Trade
    • Hub
      • Infrastructure Hub
      • Startup Hub
  • Overseas Markets
    • Africa
      • Ghana
      • Ivory Coast
      • Kenya
      • Morocco
      • Mozambique
      • Nigeria
      • South Africa
    • Asia Pacific
      • ASEAN
      • Australia
      • Cambodia
      • China
      • India
      • Indonesia
      • Japan
      • Malaysia
      • Myanmar
      • Philippines
      • South Korea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Europe
      • France
      • Germany
      • Russia
      • Turkey
      • Netherlands
      • United Kingdom
    • Middle East
      • Egypt
      • Israel
      • Jordan
      • Oman
      • Qatar
      • Saudi Arabia
      • United Arab Emirates
    • North & Latin America
      • Brazil
      • Canada
      • Colombia
      • Mexico
      • Peru
      • United States of America
  • Quality & Standards
    • Standards
      • For Companies
      • For Partners
      • E-Alert for Standards
    • Accreditation
      • For Companies
      • For Conformity Assessment Bodies
      • For Partners
      • Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs)
    • Business Excellence
    • Consumer Protection
      • For Suppliers
      • For Consumers
  • Financial Assistance
    • Grants
      • For Startups
      • For Local companies
      • For Partners
    • Loans & Insurance
      • Enterprise Financing Scheme (EFS)
      • Temporary Bridging Loan Programme
      • Internationalisation Finance Scheme (IFS) - Non-Recourse
      • Loan Insurance Scheme (LIS)
      • Political Risk Insurance Scheme (PRIS)
      • Trade Credit Insurance Scheme (TCIS)
    • Tax Incentives
      • Double Tax Deduction for Internationalisation (DTDi)
      • Global Trader Programme
      • Fund Management Incentive (FMI)
      • Section 13H Tax Incentive (S13H)
    • Investments
      • Startup SG Equity
      • Special Situation Fund for Startups (SSFS)
      • SEEDS Capital
      • EDBI
  • Non-Financial Assistance
    • For Singapore Companies
      • Supporting Your Startup Journey
      • Digital Programmes
      • Growth Partnership Programme
      • Business Toolkits
      • Talent Attraction and Development
      • Network of Partners
      • Export Guides
      • Free Trade Agreements
      • New Market Entry Support
    • For Foreign Companies
      • Join Singapore's Startup Hub
      • Living in Singapore
      • Setting Up in Singapore
      • Free Trade Agreements
      • Double Tax Avoidance Agreements
      • International Investment Agreements
    • For Individuals
      • Skills Development for Students
      • Skills Development for Mid-Career Professionals
      • Be Inspired
  • About Us
    • Overview
    • Vision & Mission
    • Board of Directors
    • Strategic Plan
    • Year-in-Review 2019
    • Careers
    • Media Centre
Search
  • Share
Weights & Measures
  • Home
  • Quality & Standards
  • Consumer Protection
  • For Suppliers
  • Regulations and Guidelines for Suppliers
  • Weights & Measures Programme
  • Consumer Protection (Safety Requirements) Regulations (CPSR)
  • Consumer Protection (Consumer Goods Safety Requirements) Regulations (CGSR)
  • Weights & Measures Programme

Weights & Measures Programme

Announcement:

As of 1 May 2020, the Weights & Measures (Fees) regulations have been revised to reflect the lowered costs of verifying weighing and measuring instruments. To learn more, click here.


Overview

Through the Weights and Measures Programme, Enterprise Singapore aims to protect consumers and traders by regulating weighing and measuring instruments used for trade, and the net content of prepackaged products. This assures consumers of the measuring instruments’ accuracy (e.g. when buying fresh produce at the wet market or filling up at the petrol station) and that the quantity stated on the labels of prepackaged products accurately reflects their net content. All weighing and measuring instruments that have been verified accurate and fit for trade use carry the Weights and Measures seal and the ACCURACY Label.

To ensure a uniform and accurate system of weights and measures in Singapore, we:

  • Designate Authorised Verifiers to perform verification of weighing and measuring instruments
  • Register approved weighing and measuring instruments
  • Inspect weighing and measuring instruments used for trade purposes to check for inaccuracies and ensure that they have not been tampered with
  • Inspect goods sold to ensure they meet the weight declared
  • Investigate complaints relating to weights and measures matters from consumers and traders

About the ACCURACY Label

Accuracy Label

The ACCURACY Label is attached on weighing and measuring instruments that are verified fit for trade use. A verification seal is also attached to prevent tampering of the instruments.

The label can be found on prominent areas of the weighing and measuring instruments. It has a verifier code and the period (month and year) when the verification was conducted. This helps consumers and traders to identify that the instruments were accurate at the time of verification. However, the label does not guarantee that the instruments will remain accurate after verification.

For users of weighing and measuring instruments for trade use
 

Weighing or measuring instruments used for trade in Singapore need to be registered with Enterprise Singapore and verified by an Authorised Verifier to ensure on instrument’s accuracy and fit for trade use. Examples of such instruments may be found in the Singapore Weights and Measures Programme information booklet.

Under the Weights and Measures Act, it is an offence to use unregistered and/or unverified instruments for trade in Singapore. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure the instrument is verified, secured from tampering, and stamped with the Accuracy Label by an Authorised Verifier before using it for trade.

Traders should also ensure the use of the metric unit system of measurement when transacting or advertising goods. For example, Kilogram for goods measured by weight, and Litre for goods measured by volume.

More information on the Weights and Measures Programme can be found below:

  • Singapore Weights and Measures Programme Information Booklet
  • List of Authorised Verifiers of Weighing and Measuring Instruments
  • List of Recognised Testing Laboratories for the Recognised Testing Laboratory (Flowmeter) Scheme
  • List of registered Weighing and Measuring Instruments
For suppliers or importers of weighing and measuring instruments
 

Weighing or measuring instruments used for trade in Singapore need to have its pattern or type approved. Examples of such instruments may be found in the Singapore Weights and Measures Programme information booklet.

The pattern of a weighing and measuring instrument refers to the design of an instrument with all components affecting its measurement properties suitably specified. Such instruments must show proof that they have undergone various tests and are in compliance with the relevant international standards. This is to ensure that the instruments can maintain their accuracy under different climatic and operating conditions.

By registering the pattern of the weighing and measuring instrument, it ensures that no substandard design of weighing and measuring instruments for trade use are used in Singapore.

  • Singapore Weights and Measures Programme information booklet
  • e-Registration of Weighing/Measuring Instruments
  • Register of Weighing and Measuring Instruments Granted Pattern Approval
For Authorised Verifiers and Recognised Testing Laboratories (Flowmeter)
 

Under the Weights and Measures Act, qualified companies are allowed to carry out the verification and stamping of weighing and measuring instruments for trade use under the Authorised Verifier Scheme administered by Enterprise Singapore. The Recognised Testing Laboratory (Flowmeter) Scheme is also implemented to supplement the verification capability of flowmeters used for trade in Singapore. For more information on these schemes, refer to the links below.

  • Authorised Verifier Scheme Information Booklet
  • Singapore Weights and Measures Programme information booklet
  • Recognised Testing Laboratory (Flowmeter) Scheme Information Booklet
  • Application for Designation as Authorised Verifier
  • Apply to be a Recognised Testing Laboratory for the Recognised Testing Laboratory (Flowmeter) Scheme
  • Weights and Measures Fees
For Manufacturers and/or Packers, Importers and/or Distributors, and Retailers of Pre-packaged Goods
 

It is an offence to supply or sell pre-packaged goods (PPGs) with net content less than the quantity stated on the package or label. Suppliers and/or retailers should have their own system or measures in place to ensure net content of the PPGs is as per stated on the package or label.

Suppliers and/or retailers should also ensure the net content of the pre-packaged good stated on the label is in the metric system of measurement. For example, Kilogram (kg) for measurement by weight.

The Average Quantity System (AQS) is an internationally recognised sampling method used by businesses to check that the pre-packaged goods they sell are accurately filled.

A sampled batch would fulfil the AQS if,

  1. The average content of the packages in a sampled batch is not less than the quantity stated on the packaging;
  2. The number of non-standard pre-packages sampled from an sample batch does not exceed the tolerable deficiency; and
  3. No pre-packaged goods shall have its net contents exceeding twice the tolerable deficiency from its stated quantity.



You may also contact us at consumerprotection@enterprisesg.gov.sg or (65) 1800 773 3163 for further enquiries.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Updated on 16 July 2019:
    Weights and Measures Programme
  • Updated on 16 July 2019:
    ACCURACY Label
TOP

Newsletter Sign Up

Get the latest news on how to grow your business - delivered straight to your inbox. Because growing your business is our business.

SUBSCRIBE
  • About Us
  • Media Centre
  • Careers
  • Events
  • E-Services
  • Resources
  • Inspiring Stories
  • Blog

Connect with us

  •  
  •  
  •  
Contact | Feedback
  • Sitemap
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy Statement
  • Whistle-blowing
  • Report Vulnerability
  • Rate This Website

© 2018 Enterprise Singapore

(Last updated on 24 September 2020 16:15:13)