On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 20:59:25 +0100, "Han Maenen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Judging from the crazy metric quantity, 198.3 g, I think that it was packed >in the USA. Just another attempt to make metric look stupid in comparison >with ifp. Why should the Germans do such a thing? >The Werther bags packed in Germany and sold in Europe, including in the UK >or Ireland where the labels are in the English language, are always in even >decent 200 g or other rational metric values. The bags sold in Britain and >Ireland MAY have a supplementary 7 oz. indication, but I have not noticed >it. Those sold in the continent are metric-only. I forgot to check today, but they will certainly be in 200 g sizes. It's possible they could include fps, but I doubt it. > >BTW, Today I saw Uncle Ben's bags of rice, from the USA, in rational 5 kg >bags. Metric only. As they are here, but at least the smaller packs are packaged here. I don't remember seeing 5 kg bags. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
