good question about the e it's almost on every good here in Germany (probably whole EU/Europe) ----- Original Message ----- From: "J Zaremba" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:53 AM Subject: [USMA:22304] what is the "e" next to measurements on food packaging mean?
> Hi, new to the mailing list. Glad to see I'm not the only American insane > enough to be pro-metric conversion. > > Some imported foodstuffs sold in the US are labeled in metric only. I was > under the impression the US gov't required all food packaging to have ifp > rational units first and metric units second. Anyway, imported items have > the following after measurements: eg. > > 500g e > > Where the "e" is a stylized font different than the predominant font of > the packaging. What does the "e" represent? > > thanks > ------------ > Jordan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Veni Sancte Spiritus, et emitte caelitus lucis tuae radium. > > Come Holy Spirit, and from your celestial home shed a ray of light divine. > > Veni Sancte Spiritus -- Pentecost sequence >
