Howard Ressel wrote: > It was also disappointing that the price on produce was more prominently > displaced in pounds than in grams. Grocers in England have been arrested > for such offences,
Just to keep the record straight: The UK traders were not convicted because their kilogram prices were less prominent. They were convicted because they entirely failed to display kilogram prices. There were other offences. For example, failing to have scales capable of accurate measurement in kilograms (it would have been acceptable to have dual capable scales). One overcharged the inspector on a test purchase of a kilo (in the absence of kilogram scales, the trader weighed using imperial-only scales and calculated the conversion incorrectly). [begin quote] Steve Thoburn was convicted of two offences of using weighing equipment that was not stamped by a Weights and Measures Inspector. The stamps had been obliterated because the scales were not capable of weighing in the metric system. Colin Hunt was convicted of six offences of failing to display a unit price per kilogram. In addition, he was convicted of four offences of delivering a lesser quantity of goods than corresponded with the price charged. John Dove was convicted of two offences of failing to display a unit price per kilogram and of two offences of using a scale that was only capable of weighing in the imperial system. Julian Harman was convicted of two offences of failing to display a unit price per kilogram and of two offences of using a scale that was only capable of weighing in the imperial system. Peter Collins appealed against conditions on his street trading licence. These conditions, in effect, required him to sell his goods in metric quantities but also permitted him to use imperial quantities as supplementary units. [end quote] http://www.tradingstandards.gov.uk/cgi-bin/newsitem.cgi?file=pres0154.tx t&area=pres >what is the law in Canada? Here is what I found about Canadian law: [begin quote] Where the price of a commodity is determined on the basis of a unit of measurement, that unit of measurement shall be shown on the statement of quantity in a manner at least as prominent as any other unit of measurement shown on the statement of quantity. [end quote] Weights and Measures Regulations http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/W-6/C.R.C.-c.1605/index.html Weights and Measures Act http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/W-6/index.html With respect to prepackaged goods: [begin quote] The numerical quantity in the declaration of net quantity shall be shown in bold face type in letters of not less than the following height: [end quote] [various sizes defined] Consumer Packaging and Labelling Regulations http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-38/C.R.C.-c.417/index.html Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-38/index.html Hope that helps. Terry
