Interesting followup to Joe's remarks: I just noticed in Albertson's that Libby has labelled most of their glass (pyrex?) bowls and other containers as 1 Qt/1 L, 2 Qt/2 L, 9"/25 cm, etc. I like the fact that they are using rational metric in their dual labelling.
Ezra "Joseph B. Reid" wrote: > Jim Elwell in USMA 23149 wrote a persuasive argument against > compulsory package sizes, which I shall not repeat. The question was > debated in Canada in a parliamentary committee, which recommended > that there should not be compulsory package sizes. In the event, > manufacturers did not change their package sizes, but merely > renumbered their labels with metric quantity numbers. As new > products are brought to market they are usually in round metric > numbers. > > Joseph B. Reid > 17 Glebe Road West > Toronto M5P 1C8 Telephone 416-486-6071 > > >
