Perhaps one day the paint industries of the respective countries will agree on a four-liter can of paint? > > From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/07/03 Thu PM 03:07:49 EDT > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [USMA:26235] Re: Kraft plans to cut snack sizes > > >Jim Elwell wrote im USMA 26230: > > >For those who want rational package sizes, I suggest you have a long > >ways to go to demonstrate any net benefit to them. > > > >Jim Elwell, CAMS > > > > I agree with Jim. In Canada our *Consumer Packaging and Labelling > Act* requires a metric statement of quantity, but not a *rational* > size. Paint used to be sold in 4.55 L (1 imperial gallon) cans. Now > paint cans have shrunk to 3.79 L (1 American gallon), but this > enables Canadian paint to be sold in the USA by a mere change of > label. I am not aware of there having been any protest about the > change since paint is not a size-dependent product. > -- > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 > >
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