2002-04-28 Is there some way that an agreement can be made on semi-rationalisation? I'm speaking of allowing a broader range of sizes, but sizes that fall in increments of say in 10 mL or 10 g increments up to 1 L and 1 kg and 100 mL or 100 g for sizes above 1 L and 1 kg, up to whatever, etc.. Sizes that will eliminate the hidden FFU, such as 227 g, 454 g, 473 mL, 568 mL, etc.
The 227 g size would have to become either 220 g or 230 g. The one pint would have to become 560 or 570 mL and the 2 pint would have to become 1100 or 1200 mL. Something along that line. I can tolerate non-rational sizes as long as they are not fixed to exact FFU sizes. John ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-04-28 12:18 Subject: [USMA:19741] RE: Metric Standards and the USMA On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 12:01:29 -0400, you wrote: >Wow! I sure did misread that message, didn't I, Terry! Yes, I missed the >quotation mark at the start of the first paragraph. I suppose it's >American style to repeat those with every paragraph and to provide the >closing quotation mark only at the end of the last paragraph of a >quotation. It's not just a US style, Jim. I wouldn't hold your breath for any harmonisation of packages sizes across the EU. This has been in the pipeline for years. I can't believe it's still not progressed. This is one reason why many of the UK Prescribed Quantities are still based on the old imperial sizes. The government did not want to amend the legislation to force ne metric sizes if there was a possibility that a) different member states decided on different preferred sizes, or b) it would be decided to do away with them altogether and allow manufacturers to sell in any size they want. As a result, we have ground coffee in 250 g and 227 g packs, and milk in 568 ml and 500 ml packs. I don't think vinegar is covered by these regulations, but we still have glass bottles in 1 and 2 pints, yet the plastic containers are in rational sizes. So there is some way to go, and various reasons driving the thoughts behind them. Chris -- UK Metric Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
