Should remind BWMA about those U.S. fl.oz's! Duncan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 6, 2001 13:04 Subject: [USMA:10290] US shampoo products in UK >I sent a compliant yesterday to Neutrogena about the ad (by Boots The >Chemist) in yesterday's Independent for their shampoo. The label >showed "10.1 fl oz (300 ml)". However, today I visited a branch of >Boots, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the bottle was >labelled '300 ml' - only. Not only that, but it said 'Made in the >USA'. It shows what nonsense the TABD's arguments are (especially as >those are US fl oz). I shall apologise to them, and commend them for >using round metric sizes. > >However, the supreme irony is that I also found a range of 'Big Hair' >products from a company called Charles Worthington of London, which >were labelled 'Net 8.5 fl oz 250 ml'. They have a Web site at >http://www.cwlondon.com (obviously not so proud of being British to >choose a .co.uk address). > >I also received a leaflet from the UK John Lewis chain, promoting a >range called origins. The photos show labels like '1.7 fl. oz/50 ml e' >and '1.7 oz/50 g e'. I haven't yet determined if that really is how >they appear in the stores, but that 'e' suggests it is. However, a >visit to their Web site (http://www.origins.com) shows that they are >also using round metric sizes, even if they show the fps first. > >-- >Chris KEENAN >UK Metrication: http://www.metric.org.uk/ >UK Correspondent, US Metric Association >
